아버지와 어머니의 문화성향이 아버지 양육참여에 미치는 영향 = The Effects of the Parents' Cultural Orientation on the Father’s Parenting Participation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the parents’ cultural orientation on the father’s parenting participation.
Methods Data on cultural orientation and parenting participation were collected from 310 couples whose children were enrolled in early childhood education centers, upon which correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed.
Results The findings of this study were as follows: First, collectivism of the father was positively correlated to the father’s parenting participation, but individualism of the father did not have any significant relationship with the father’s parenting participation. Second, individualism of the mother was positively correlated to the father’s parenting participation, but collectivism of the mother did not have any significant relationship with the father’s parenting participation.
Conclusions The above findings imply that parents’ cultural orientation is also a good predictor of the father’s parenting participation, and that the difference in cultural orientations between the two parents affect the father’s parenting participation. This research examines these results through the lens of previous papers and proposes the direction of follow-up studies to support paternal participation in parenting.