The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the parent's child-rearing attitudes which are perceived by child and his loneliness.
For this study, Asher and Wheeler's loneliness questionnaire translated by Jung, Young-in and L...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the parent's child-rearing attitudes which are perceived by child and his loneliness.
For this study, Asher and Wheeler's loneliness questionnaire translated by Jung, Young-in and Lee, Jong-seung and Oh, Sung-sim's parent's child-rearing attitudes questionnaire were administered. The parent's child-rearing attitudes were classified into 4 dimensions:love versus hostility, autonomy versus control, achievement versus non-achievement and rational versus irrational dimension.
The subjects of this study were 520 fifth-grade children in an elementary school located in kyonggi-do. The survey was conducted by self-reported questionnaire and 494 questionnaires were finally used for the data analysis.
The data were analyzed by SAS computer program. Pearson's Correlation coefficient, Multiple Regression analyses and one-way ANOVA with Duncan's Multiple Range test were performed. The results of this study can be summarized as follows
First, the loneliness of the child was related with father's child-rearing attitudes. Love versus hostility dimension of father's child-rearing attitudes was more related with loneliness than other dimensions.
Second, the loneliness of the child was related with mother's child-rearing attitudes. Achievement versus non-achievement dimension of mother's child-rearing attitudes was more related with loneliness than other dimensions.
Third, the level of the parent's child-rearing attitudes affected the loneliness of the child. The higher the level of both, father and mother's child-rearing attitudes was, the less the loneliness of the child was. The lower the level of both, father and mother's child-rearing attitudes was, the more the loneliness of the child was.