The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between father's participation in child-rearing and the child's competence and find out if there is any difference of father's participation in child-rearing and child's social competence ac...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between father's participation in child-rearing and the child's competence and find out if there is any difference of father's participation in child-rearing and child's social competence according to father's background.
It's on the basis to aim at planning on organization for sufficient parent's education program.
To accomplish the objective of this study, the research questions considered in this study are as follows;
1. Is there any difference of father's participation in child-rearing according to father's age, academic background, income and gender of the child?
2. Is there any difference of the child's social competence according to father's age, education, academic background and gender of the child?
3. Is there any relationship between father's participation in child-rearing and the child's social competence?
The subjects of this study were 196 children of ages from 4-6, attending at child's Institutions of learning in Seoul. This study modified and complemented some of investigation on father's Involvement in child-rearing developed by Choi, Kyeong Sun(1993) to use it as a research method. Also this study used the modified and complemented some of investigation on social competence developed by Hwang, Hae jeong and Kim, Kyeong Hi(1999).
Two kinds of the questionnaires were used for this study. The data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe test for post hoc comparison, Pearson's correlation and multiple regression.
The results of the present study are summarized as follows:
1. There existed significant difference in a father's involvement in child-rearing due to father's income. That is, father's involvement score in child-rearing was higher when father was more income. On the other hand, according to the child's gender, father's educational background, there is no significant effect on father's involvement in child-rearing.
2. There existed significant difference, according to father's education background and child's gender. That is, as higher as father's education background the higher sociability in child's social competence and Female children had higher sociability in social competence than male children. On the other hand, according to the father's income, there is no significant difference in social competence.
3. There was significant positive relationship between capability of the child's social competence and father's day-to-day guidance, involvement to housework and involvement to leasure of the father's involvement in child-rearing.
4. There was resulted with a significant relationship between father's involvement in child-rearing and the child's social competence. It turned out to show a relationship in capability of the child's social competence by father's day-to-day guidance and involvement to housework. As for the father's involvement to leasure, there was no direct relationship with capability of the social competence.
As a result of the above, father's involvement in child-rearing turned out to be the influential effects on the child's social competence. Therefore, it'll be a sufficient method to indicate father's guidance in child-rearing through this study, as motivated to bring on father's involvement and concern in child-rearing.