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The Effect of the Paternal Parenting Participation and Parenting Efficacy on the Peer Competence of Preschoolers
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between father's parental involvement andefficacy and the peer competence of their preschool age children. The subjects in this study were 222preschoolers and their fathers in 18 different daycare centers located in the Chungcheong province. Theinstruments used in this study were questionnaires concerned with the one's participation and efficacy as aparent as perceived by the fathers as well as peer competence of preschoolers as measured by teachers.Descriptive statistics, Pearson's product-moment correlation, hierachical multiple regressions were conductedin analyzing the research data. The results showed that the father's involvement and their efficacy as aparent was positively associated with their children's peer competence. The children were more adept atbuilding peer relationships when the fathers were less anxious and got less discouraged about child rearingand engaged in helping their children to cultivate basic manners and acquire good life habits.