The purpose of this work is to examine the relationship between parents' leadership and their children's self-regulation. Parents of 298 children aged between 3 and 5 at one private child-care center and two private kindergartens located in Cheong-ju...
The purpose of this work is to examine the relationship between parents' leadership and their children's self-regulation. Parents of 298 children aged between 3 and 5 at one private child-care center and two private kindergartens located in Cheong-ju participated in this study. Data were collected by a questionnaire survey, SPSS 12.0 was used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis, Cronbach's α, T-test, F-test, and Scheffe post-hoc analysis, Pearson's correlation, and regression analysis were used to examine the relationship between parents' leadership and their children's self-regulation.
The study results are summarized as follows:
First, it was found that fathers and mothers' leadership and their children's self-regulation showed significant differences according to children's gender, age, and parents' educational level. Father with girls showed higher relationship-oriented leadership than fathers with sons. Girls self-evaluation and self-determination was higher than boys. The task-oriented leadership of the fathers of children aged 4 was higher than that of the fathers of those aged 3, and the self-determination of the children aged 5 was higher than that of those aged 3. The children of the fathers who received B.A. degree or higher had higher self-evaluation than those of the fathers whose graduated from high school, and the children of the mothers who received B.A. degree or higher had higher self-evaluation than those of the mothers whose graduated from high school.
Second, it was found that fathers' leadership significantly influenced children's self-regulation. Fathers' task-oriented leadership significantly affected both boys and girls' self-determination.
Third, it was found that mothers' leadership also significantly influenced children's self-regulation. Mothers' task-oriented leadership significantly influenced boys' self-evaluation, self-determination, behavior inhibition, and girls' self-evaluation, self-determination, behavior inhibition, and emotionality. Mothers' relationship-oriented leadership significantly influenced boys emotionality, behavior inhibition, and girls' self-evaluation,