Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fathers' training method, children's psychological well-being, and peer play behavior, and to find out how fathers' training method affect children's psychological well-being and peer play behavior. To achieve these objectives, frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and stepwise regression analysis were conducted using questionnaire data from 302 fathers of children aged 5-7 years old in daycare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, and the results of the study were as follows. First, the relationship between fathers' training method, children's psychological well-being, and peer play behavior showed that fathers' coercive corporal punishment and neglectful training method were significantly and negatively related to children's psychological well-being and peer play behavior, and fathers' logical explanation training method were positively related to children's psychological well-being and peer play behavior. Second, when analyzing the effects of fathers' training method on children's psychological well-being and peer play behavior, it was predicted that fathers' coercive corporal punishment and neglectful training method had significant negative effects on children's psychological well-being, while logical explanation training method had significant positive effects on children's psychological well-being. Among fathers' training method, neglectful training method was predicted to have a significant negative effect on children's peer play behavior, and logical explanation training method was predicted to have a significant positive effect on children's peer play behavior. We hope that the results of this study will be used as an important guide for fathers' training method in order to promote positive effects on their children, who are the protagonists of the future due to the increasing participation of fathers in parenting at home and in society.

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