Abstract
This article examines the effect father closeness has on adult married men's non-marital sexual behaviors (e.g., sexual fantasy, masturbation, viewing pornography), marital satisfaction and family satisfaction. Participants include 993 predominantly Protestant Christian men who voluntarily completed the National Survey of Men. Using five father closeness levels ranging from very low closeness to very high closeness, a series of one-way analyses of variance were conducted using the dependent variables: Sexual Behaviors and Fantasies, Marital Satisfaction, and Family Satisfaction. Results indicate that men reporting higher levels of father closeness engage in significantly fewer non-marital sexual behaviors and have significantly higher levels of marital and family satisfaction than men reporting lower levels of father closeness. Discussion considers the role of father closeness in child and adult outcomes.
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