The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of parental anger on young children’s resilience to identify the presence of any difference between father's and mother's anger in terms of demographic variables of parents and to present the basic...
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of parental anger on young children’s resilience to identify the presence of any difference between father's and mother's anger in terms of demographic variables of parents and to present the basic data for advanced researches into parental anger and thereof.
The following research questions have been selected to accomplish the purpose of the study.
First, what difference do parents’ demographic variables (e.g. age, educational background, number of children, average monthly income) make in determining parental anger?
Second, is there any correlation between parental anger and their young children’s resilience?
Third, what are the effects of the subordinate factors of parental anger (e.g. situational anger experience, impulsive anger, difficulty in controlling anger) on young children’s resilience?
In order to answer these questions as part of this study, 150 fathers and 150 mothers of 5-year-old children who attend a kindergarten or daycare center in Changwon City have been selected in a random manner. Out of all survey sheets distributed to them, 128 sheets from fathers and mothers, respectively have been accepted as valid ones subject to the analysis.
The research tools adopted in this study include the Parent Anger Scale of Jeong Gyu Sook et al. (2016), which reconstructed the parent anger scale of Notti (2010) and Gavita et al. (2011) and Devereux Early Childhood (DECA) originally developed by Lebuffe and Naglieri Assessment and that was adapted by Gu Hee-jeong (2010).
The data collected from surveys have been analyzed using a statistical analysis program called SPSS 18.0. The t-test or the one-way ANOVA has been performed to identify the difference of anger expressed by father and mother along with the Pearson's correlation analysis in a bid to determine any possible correlations between parental anger and the resilience of young children. A multiple regression analysis has also been conducted to analyze the effects of the subordinate factors of parental anger on the resilience of young children.
The research findings and conclusions obtained through these analytical procedures are as follows.
First, when it comes to the parental anger associated with parents’ demographic variables (e.g. age, educational background, the situational anger experience among the subordinate factors of mother’s anger was found to be higher among those graduated from college than those graduated from university. In terms of the parental anger according to the number of children, both fathers and mothers have shown more difficulties in anger control among the subordinate factors if they have two children than if they have one child or three children. In terms of average monthly income, those with the monthly income of three million won or less are found to have more difficulties in father’s impulsive behavior and mother’s anger control among the subordinate factors of anger.
Second, the analysis on the correlation between parental anger and young children’s resilience has revealed that the total parental anger correlated has a negative correlation with young children’s resilience. It is found to have a negative correlation with attachment, initiative, and self-control among the subordinate factors of children's resilience and to have a positive correlation with the concerned behavior with the highest degree correlation found in concerned behavior. The correlation between situational anger experience and young children’s resilience has shown to be the highest among the subordinate factors of father's anger while the correlation between difficulty of anger control and young children’s resilience has found to be the lowest. Meanwhile, the correlation between the difficulty of anger control and young children’s resilience has found to be the highest among the subordinate factors of mother's anger while the correlation between situational anger experience and young children’s resilience has found to be the lowest. These findings show that the father’s anger is differently correlated with young children’s resilience from that of mother.
Third, in an investigation of the effects of the subordinate factors of parental anger (e.g. situational anger experience, impulsive anger, difficulty in controlling anger) on young children’s resilience, the degrees of influence of the subordinate factors of father’s anger and of the subordinate factors of mother’s anger on young children’s resilience are found to be 16% and 11%, respectively with father’s situational anger experience having the largest power of explanation. Meanwhile, in an investigation of the effects of the subordinate factors of parental anger on the subordinate factors of young children’s resilience, the degrees of influence of the subordinate factors of father’s anger on attachment, initiative, and self-control are found to be 8%, 7% and 16%, respectively with situational anger experience among the subordinate factors of anger having the largest power of explanation on young children’s attachment, initiative, and self-control. In terms of the effects on concerned behavior, the subordinate factors of father’s anger and mother’s anger are found to have the degree of influence of 23% and 14%, respectively with situational anger experience among the subordinate factors of father’s anger having the largest power of explanation. These findings indicate that father’s anger has more effect on young children’s resilience than mother’s anger with different subordinate factors of anger having different degrees of influence on young children’s resilience.