Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis

Şenil Ünlü; Refika Olgan

Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis

Abstract

The literature on father involvement began in the 1970s with academic studies on fathers' levels of involvement in their children's lives, the developmental outcomes of this involvement, and the definition of fatherhood. Current literature is rapidly expanding with studies in many different research areas like psychology, education, sociology, and social work. Fatherhood and father involvement are culturally dependent concepts. Therefore, it is very important to have validated scales to make comparisons either in national or international levels. For this reason, the current study aims to present the adaptation process of Fatherhood Scale which is originally developed by Dick (2000) and Father Involvement Inventory originally developed by Hawkins et al (2002) into Turkish. Results of explanatory factor analysis yielded six factor structure for both scales in parallel with the original forms of scales. Reliability analysis indicated that the Cronbach alpha of Fatherhood Scale is .96 and it is .86 for Father Involvement Inventory.

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Supporting Institution

This study was a part of Master Thesis named “Being fathered and being a father: Examination of the general pattern of Turkish fathers' and their own fathers' involvement level for children between the ages of 0-8” completed at METU and supported under the Scientific Research Projects Department of Middle East Technical University.

Ethical Statement

The ethical approval was gathered for the thesis that these scales were adapted and used by Middle East Technical University Social Sciences Institute. All participants were provided written consent.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Child Development Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Şenil Ünlü ^*
Türkiye

Refika Olgan
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 24, 2026

Submission Date

May 2, 2026

Acceptance Date

June 1, 2026

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Year 2026 Volume: 2 Number: 2

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Ünlü, Ş., & Olgan, R. (2026). Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis. Journal of Child Development and Education, 2(2), 129-144. https://izlik.org/JA82RX59XK

AMA

1.Ünlü Ş, Olgan R. Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis. JOCDE. 2026;2(2):129-144. https://izlik.org/JA82RX59XK

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Ünlü, Şenil, and Refika Olgan. 2026. “Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis”. Journal of Child Development and Education 2 (2): 129-44. https://izlik.org/JA82RX59XK.

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Ünlü Ş, Olgan R (June 1, 2026) Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis. Journal of Child Development and Education 2 2 129–144.

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[1]Ş. Ünlü and R. Olgan, “Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis”, JOCDE, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 129–144, June 2026, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA82RX59XK

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Ünlü, Şenil - Olgan, Refika. “Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis”. Journal of Child Development and Education 2/2 (June 1, 2026): 129-144. https://izlik.org/JA82RX59XK.

JAMA

1.Ünlü Ş, Olgan R. Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis. JOCDE. 2026;2:129–144.

MLA

Ünlü, Şenil, and Refika Olgan. “Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis”. Journal of Child Development and Education, vol. 2, no. 2, June 2026, pp. 129-44, https://izlik.org/JA82RX59XK.

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1.Şenil Ünlü, Refika Olgan. Fatherhood Scale and Father Involvement Scale: Adaptation to Turkish and Psychometric Analysis. JOCDE [Internet]. 2026 Jun. 1;2(2):129-44. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA82RX59XK