The Associations between Father Involvement and Father–Daughter Relationship Quality on Girls’ Experience of Social Bullying Victimization

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ID15717858
AuthorsShawndaya Thrasher (0000-0002-2870-4056, Louisiana State University, corresponding author), Shawndaya S Thrasher (Louisiana State University), Esther K Malm (0000-0002-5798-6128, Murray State University), Cana Kim (0000-0003-1005-7732, Louisiana State University)
Year2022
Volume9
Issue12
Pages1976-1976
Publication date2022-12-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children9121976
PMID36553419
OpenAlexW4312140915
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited72

With much research into physical, cyber, and verbal bullying victimization, social bullying victimization is a type of victimization that can be hidden. Studies about Black father involvement have found involvement to be a buffer to adverse and risky behaviors of children, including different forms of victimization experienced by their daughters. This study examined one gap in the literature: the direct and potentially indirect associations between father involvement and father-child relationship quality on child reports of social bullying victimization among girls. The cross-sectional sample of 368 Black fathers and their daughters was sourced from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study. Data from wave 5 were selected for the child (age 9) and father because social bullying victimization was first measured at this time point. Logistic regression analysis findings showed father involvement was associated with lower social bullying victimization. In addition, talking and sharing ideas quite well rather than extremely well with their fathers was associated with higher odds of social bullying victimization. Father-daughter relationship quality did not mediate the father involvement and social bullying victimization relationship. Findings provide additional support to include fathers, particularly Black fathers, in intervention/prevention efforts and the importance of increasing awareness and benefits of father involvement in subtle forms of victimization such as social bullying victimization among Black families

Daughter · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology

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