유아기 자녀를 둔 아버지의 양육참여가 양육스트레스에 미치는 영향: 양육관계망 크기의 매개효과를 중심으로

Abstract

Parenting participation of fathers in 2030s families is a subject that has been continuously emphasized. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of father"s child care participation in parenting stress and the impact of parenting network size parameters of a father. Data were collected from 401 fathers with children aged 3-6 years for this study. The statistical methods used for data analysis were descriptive statistical analysis, ANOVA, correlation, and structural equation modeling analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, as a result of examining the size of parenting network, parenting participation, and parenting stress of fathers in infancy according to socio-demographic variables, it was found that significant differences between groups were evident, especially in parenting participation variables. In particular, there was a significant difference in the degree of parenting participation in the education level, weekly working hours, occupation type, and annual household income of fathers of infant children. Second, the higher the father"s participation in caring in infancy, the larger the size of the parenting network and the lowering stress decreased. Next, parenting stress decreased as the size of the parenting network of fathers in infancy increased. Third, the size of parenting network was found to have a moderating impact on the effects of father"s parenting participation in infancy on parenting stress. Based on the results of this study, a practical plan that can help fathers with infancy children"s participation in parenting was suggested.