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- Title
The Father Presence Questionnaire: A New Measure of the Subjective Experience of Being Fathered.
- Authors
Krampe, Edythe M.; Newton, Rae R.
- Abstract
Over the past 30 years, researchers have learned much about father absence and father involvement. Most of this work, however, is based upon the viewpoint of the father himself, the mother, or the researcher/observer. In this study, we examine father presence from the adult child's perspective. We provide a multidimensional definition of father presence and a conceptual framework with which to frame its three domains: Relationship with the Father, Beliefs about the Father, and Intergenerational Family Influences. We then describe the Father Presence Questionnaire (FPQ), a 10-scale instrument that examines the son's or daughter's experience with father. We establish the construct validity of the FPQ using a variety of analytic methods with a sample of adult children (N = 608) located in four regions of the United States. In addition to extremely high reliabilities of the individual scales, we establish the factorial validity of the FPQ by means of a second-order confirmatory factor analysis. We demonstrate the concurrent validity of the FPQ through correlations with existing measures assessing family relationships. The FPQ appears to be a theoretically grounded and reliable measure of the adult child's perception of and experience with father.
- Subjects
QUESTIONNAIRES; FATHER-child relationship; FATHERS; FATHERHOOD; PARENTHOOD
- Publication
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research & Practice about Men as Fathers, 2006, Vol 4, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
1537-6680
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3149/fth.0402.159