사회인구학적 변인에 따른 아버지의 양육태도와 유아의 사회적 능력

Father"s Parenting Attitude and Young Children"s Social Competence According to Socio-demographic Variables

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of father"s parenting attitude and young children"s social competence according to father"s socio-demographic variables and the relationship between father"s parenting attitude and young children"s social competence. Specifically, research questions addressed in this study were as follows: 1) Is there any difference of father"s parenting attitude according to father"s socio-demographic variables? 2) Is there any difference of young children"s social competence according to father"s socio-demographic variables? 3) Is there any relationship between father"s parenting attitude and young children"s social competence? The subjects of this study were 363 three- to five-year-old children and their fathers from four public kindergartens and five day care centers in Y county, Chungnam. Questionnaires used in this study were Park(2000)"s questionnaire as a measure of father"s parenting attitude and Song(l993)"s questionnaire as a measure of young children"s social competence. Data were analyzed with mean, standard deviation, F test, LSD post hoc test, and Pearson correlation coefficient using SPSS/PC+ program. Results found in this study were as follows: First, significant difference of father"s parenting attitude was found according to father"s growth area and religion. Second, significant difference of young children"s social competence was found according to father"s job and growth area. Third, there were significant correlations between father"s parenting attitude and young children"s social competence.