In the last few decades, the importance of the role of the father in the upbringing of children has begun to be recognized and it has been discovered that the level of fathers' involvement in parenting affects many psychosocial outcomes in the adult child. There is very little research on the connection between the psychological well-being of children and the involvement of fathers in the parental role at the level of the Republic of Croatia, while professional literature in other countries deal with these phenomena. The starting point of this research is the theory of resilience, while the aim of the research was to connect the perception of the experience of fathers' involvement in parenting during childhood and adolescence with the experience of self-esteem, personal competences and attitudes towards the future in young adulthood. The study was conducted on a sample of 484 students and the method of data collection used is the web survey method. The results of the study showed that students who had shown a higher level of self-esteem also show a higher perception of fathers involved in the parental role during childhood and adolescence. On the other hand, the correlation of the perception of fathers involved in the parental role with the experience of personal competencies of students and their attitudes towards the future did not prove to be statistically significant. In conclusion, the need to conduct further research to achieve better understanding between the various dimensions of father involvement with aspects of the children’s psychological, social and emotional adjustment in adulthood is highlighted. Also, the importance of further encouraging fathers to be actively involved in all aspects of parenting was emphasized.