아버지의 일-가정 양립이 주관적 행복감에 미치는 영향에서 양육스트레스의 매개효과

Abstract

Objectives The purposes of this study the benefits and conflicts of fathers' work-family compatibility on subjective happiness and parenting stress were identified, and the mediating effect of parenting stress was verified in these relationships.
 Methods To this end, data from the 13th year of the Korean Children's Panel of the Child Care Policy Research Institute were used, and 1,170 working fathers who participated in the survey were studied. SPSS 23.0 was used for data analysis, and a three-stage multiple regression analysis by Baron & Kenny (1986) was conducted to verify the mediating effect of parenting stress.
 Results The results of this study are as follows. First, it was found that there was a significant relationship between the father's work-family balance, parenting stress, and subjective happiness. The higher the work-family compatibility advantage, the lower the parenting stress and the higher the work-family compatibility conflict, the higher the parenting stress and the lower the subjective happiness. Second, it was found that parenting stress plays a partial mediating role as a result of examining the mediating effect of parenting stress in the effect of the father's work-family balance advantage on subjective happiness. Third, as a result of examining the mediating effect of parenting stress in the effect of the father's work-family balance conflict on subjective happiness, it was found that parenting stress plays a partial mediating role.
 Conclusions The results of this study verified that the benefits and conflicts perceived by fathers while doing work-family compatibility affect subjective happiness, and found that parenting stress also plays a role as a mediator in subjective happiness. Therefore, it is necessary to continuously operate programs such as psychological support and father education to reduce conflicts and parenting stress caused by fathers' work-family balance, and to change social members' perceptions along with policy promotion.