This study investigates memorable messages that sons and daughters report receiving from their fathers or stepfathers while actively or passively participating within the environment of sports together. The premise was to examine the messages that fathers use with children and how this may relate to the relationship satisfaction of the sons and daughters later in life. Also of interest, is the comparison of messages that fathers share with sons and daughters. Findings from the study indicate that fathers share messages with sons and daughters centered on five supra-types including Effort, Quality Traits, Emphasis on Physical Skills/Performance, Attention on Others and Have Fun. A chisquare analysis was used to determine that fathers share similar messages with sons and daughters, while ANOVA test results point to a significant relationship between certain types of memorable messages offered by fathers when compared with the relationship satisfaction reported by sons and daughters later in life.
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