The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of father's parental and marital relationships on father-child relationships. Subjects of this study were 301 fathers of 5, 6 and 7 years old children attending 10 different nursery schools located ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of father's parental and marital relationships on father-child relationships. Subjects of this study were 301 fathers of 5, 6 and 7 years old children attending 10 different nursery schools located in Cheongju city. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, Cronbach's α , t-test, F-test, Scheffe post-hoc test, and Pearson product-moment correlation using SPSS 18.0 program, and path model was analyzed by using AMOS 18.0 program.
The result of this study were as follows:
First, the higher of the average monthly income of family, the higher the positive relationship experience with mother of family of origin was recognized for the father in early childhood in case that the father had a religion, and the higher the negative relationship experience with father of family of origin was not much recognized for the father in early childhood in case that the housework of the father was one hour.
Second, the lower of the academic ability of the father in case that the housework of the father was less than 30 minutes, the positive couple relationship was indicated low for the father in early childhood, and the negative couple relationship was recognized high.
Third, the higher of the academic ability of the father in case that the housework of the father was more than 30 minutes, the positive relationship with children was indicated high. The higher of the academic ability of the mother in case that the child was one and the father had a religion, the negative relationship between the father and the children was indicated low.
Fourth, the path affecting on couple relationship for the relationship with the parents of origin was partly differenced by the gender of the child. It indicated that the positive relationship experience with the father of origin for the father of boy and girl directly affected on the positive couple relationship of the father, and that the negative relationship experience with the mother of origin directly affected on the positive and negative couple relationship of the father. In case of the father of boy, the positive relationship experience with the mother of family of origin directly affected on the negative couple relationship of the father.
Fifth, the path affecting on relationship with children for the relationship of the father with the parents of family of origin was partly differenced by the gender of the child. In case of the father of boy, the higher of the positive relationship experience with the father of family of origin, the higher of the positive relationship with the boy, and the higher of the negative relationship experience with the mother of family of origin, the lower of the positive relationship with the boy. Meanwhile, in case of the father of girl, it indicated that the higher of the positive relationship experience with the father of family of origin, the lower of the negative relationship with the girl, and the higher of the negative relationship experience with the mother of family of origin, the higher of the negative relationship with the girl.
Sixth, the path affecting on relationship with the children for the couple relationship of the father was differenced by the gender of the child. It indicated that the higher of the positive couple relationship of the father of boy, the higher of the negative relationship with the boy, meanwhile that the higher of the negative couple relationship of the father, the higher of the negative relationship of the boy. It indicated that the higher of the positive couple relationship of the father of girl, the lower of the negative couple relationship with the girl, meanwhile that the higher of the negative couple relationship of the father, the lower of the positive relationship of the girl.
Seventh, it indicated that the couple relationship of the father had a mediator effect affecting on the relationship with the children for the parents relationship of origin of the father. In case of the father of boy, the negative couple relationship was completely performed mediator effect on the positive relationship between the children and the mother. Also, the negative relationship with the mother of family of origin was partly performed mediator effect on the positive and negative relationship between the children and the mother of origin, and the negative couple relationship was partly performed mediator effect on the negative relationship with the children.
In conclusion, it was significant on this research examining each factor affecting on the relationship between the couple relationship with the children for the relationship with the parents of family of origin through studying the effect of the relationship with the parents of the family of origin affecting on the relationship between the couple relationship with the children in detail. Also, it showed the importance of the formation of the positive relationship with the children through the improvement of couple relationship in the field of parents education and counseling and there is implication to show the importance of relationship search with the parents of the family of origin.