The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parenting styles and children''s peer competence and to see how children''s peer competence differs, depending on whether two parents have the same parenting styles.The subjects were 19...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parenting styles and children''s peer competence and to see how children''s peer competence differs, depending on whether two parents have the same parenting styles.The subjects were 190 children aged 6 at private kindergartens in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, and their fathers and mothers. Choi Yu Kyeong''s questionnaire(1999) was used, which is an improved version of Schaefer''s Maternal Behavior Research Instrument, and then the questionnaire was modified after preliminary research to measure parenting styles. Ladd & Profilet''s Child Behavior Scale (1996) was also used, which was translated and modified by Song Jeong(1999) to measure children''s peer competence. Technical statistics for each variable were computed to analyze data and Pearson''s product-moment correlation coefficient was also calculated to explore the relationship between parenting styles and children''s peer competence. A t-test was implemented to see how children''s peer competence differs according to whether two parents have the same parenting styles. The results of this study can be summarized as follows:First, as fathers'' parenting style became autonomous, their children tended to be social and tended not to be excluded by their peers. Second, as mothers'' parenting style became affectionate and autonomous, their children showed a low tendency toward anxiety and fear. Third, whether two parents had the same parenting styles or not did not make any difference in their children''s peer competence.