title: Daddy's little girl goes to college: an investigation of females' perceived closeness with fathers and later risky behaviors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study investigated the extent to which father-daughter relationships predicted risk-taking in a sample of female college students. Specifically, this study examined whether female adolescents' models of father psychological presence predicted substance use and sexual risk-taking, over and above impulsivity, depression, and other risky behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 203 female college students were administered several scales assessing father psychological presence, sexual risk-taking, substance use, impulsivity, and depression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Father psychological presence did predict sexual risk-taking and illicit drug use (but not alcohol use) after controlling for impulsivity, other risky behavior, and mood. Further, when grouped into low and high levels of psychological presence, those in the low group were more likely to engage in a variety of risky behaviors than those who perceived high psychological presence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Consistent with evolutionary perspectives, paternal psychological presence may function as protection against risky behavior.
authors: a Department of Psychology , University of Montana , Missoula , Montana.
authors: Whitney L
authors: WL
authors: Rostad
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Silverman
authors: Molly K
authors: MK
authors: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D010465:Perception; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs
keywords: college behaviors; father–daughter relationship; sexual risk-taking; substance use