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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Developmental Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1403403

Father Presence, Adolescent Girls’ Resilience, Psychological Security, and Achievement Goal Orientation: Examining Direct and Indirect Associations

Provisionally accepted
JiaYi Zhou JiaYi Zhou Xueyan Wei Xueyan Wei *LingFang Xue LingFang Xue
  • School of Humanities, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

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    In the developmental research, studies on the importance of fathers in the parent-child relationship is insufficient, especially the father-daughter relationship. Thus far, a few studies have investigated whether father presence influences adolescent daughters’ resilience. Therefore, this study investigated the extent to which intermediary factors affect the relationship between father presence and daughters’ resilience. A total of 718 Chinese female high school students participated in a questionnaire survey. The results showed father presence was positively related to resilience in female high school students. Additionally, psychological security fully mediated the relationship between father presence and daughters’ resilience, whereas achievement goal orientation partially mediated this relationship; specifically, the mastery-approach and performance-approach orientations. The results highlight the importance of considering the meaning and implications of father presence and daughter’s resilience in Chinese culture.

    Keywords: Father presence, Adolescent Girls' Resilience, Psychological security, and Achievement Goal Orientation: Examining Direct and Indirect Associations Father presence, achievement goal orientation, resilience, Mediating effect

    Received: 10 Apr 2024; Accepted: 19 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhou, Wei and Xue. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Xueyan Wei, School of Humanities, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

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