This study explores the relationship between father-child relation cognized by an elementary school student and the social problem resolution ability of the child. In addition, the impact of the gender of a child, the birth order, whether a child live...
This study explores the relationship between father-child relation cognized by an elementary school student and the social problem resolution ability of the child. In addition, the impact of the gender of a child, the birth order, whether a child lives with father or not and the school career of father on father-child relation and social problem resolution ability is analyzed.
The detail study tasks are as following.
1. What is the relationship between the cognition of an elementary school student on father-child relation and the advance extent of social problem resolution ability?
2. Does the father-child relation have difference dependent on the demographic sociology characteristics of the elementary school student?
3. Does an elementary school student have different social problem resolution ability dependent on the demographic sociology characteristics?
4. Is there a relationship between the father-child relation perceived by an elementary school student and the social problem resolution ability of the elementary school student?
The result on study tasks is as following.
First, elementary school students believe that they express love to father, do intimate behavior, keep positive language communication with father and receive emotional support from father. Fathers also believe that they supply what child wants and allow activities which the child wants to do. Fathers do not think that they have excessive expectation asking over-achievement than the ability of child, or, they discipline the child through vertical relation. The social problem resolution ability of elementary school students scored 3 or more points in all four factors.
Second, there was difference in father-child relation dependent on the gender of child, whether a child live with father or not and the school career of father. A girl child feels father more intimate, supportive, less authoritative and less controlling than a boy child. A child who lives with father cognizes father more intimate and supportive. A child believes that father is more supportive, intimate, less controlling and helpful when the father is a university graduate.
Third, there was difference in social problem resolution ability dependent on the birth order of a child and the school career of father. An only child has better abilities in decision-making, execution and confirmation. A child with university graduate father has better abilities in problem definition, alternative finding, execution and confirmation.
Fourth, there was a relationship between father-child relation and social problem resolution ability. The social problem resolution ability increases when father-child relation is more intimate and a father gives more emotional support to a child. When a father is less authoritative and less controlling, the father has optimum expectation on his child and gives what the child wants. When a father gives what a child wants, the social problem resolution ability of the child increases.