Father Involvement and Psychological Adjustment in Pakistani Adolescents: Family Environment as a Mediator

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the role of perceived father involvement in the psychological adjustment of adolescents through its influence on the family environment in Pakistan. Data was obtained from 500 adolescents (50.6% boys; 49.4% girls) of 14–18 years of age (M = 15.29, SD = 1.08) from randomly selected separate boys and girls schools (5 each). Father involvement was assessed with Father Involvement Scale and Nurturant Fathering Scale. The family environment and psychological adjustment were gauged with Self-Report Family Inventory and Child Personality Assessment Questionnaire, respectively. Results from SEM revealed the mediating role of family environment between father involvement and psychological adjustment. Father involvement is recommended for a positive impact on the family environment for better psychological adjustment of adolescents.

Keywords:

• adolescents
• family environment
• father involvement
• Pakistan
• psychological adjustment

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.