Retrospective appraisals of fathers' effectiveness and psychological health of adults.
Previous research has shown fathers' self-reports of their effectiveness to be positively correlated with their children's psychological health. To assess the relationship between adults' retrospective appraisals of fathers' effectiveness using a modified version of the Seven Secrets Survey and rated their current psychological health on the Personality Assessment Questionnaire. Total scores on the two measures correlated - .37. Three of the six Seven Secrets Survey scales, Knowing your Child, Consistency, and Protecting/Providing, were also correlated with total scores on the Personality Assessment Questionnaire.
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Department of Psychology, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA 99251, USA.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012189:Retrospective Studies