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The Effects of Parenting Behaviors on the Multicultural Acceptance Levels of Korean Children
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate multicultural acceptance levels of children as it is influenced by parenting behaviors. The participants were 347 children of 4th to 6th grades in four elementary schools in Seoul, Busan, and Changwon. Reports from the Parental Behavior Inventory (Kim, 2009) was used to assess parenting behaviors. The Multicultural Acceptance Inventory (Kim, 2010) was used to assess the levels of multicultural acceptance on the part of the children tested. Data were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha, frequencies, percentiles, means, standard deviations, t-tests, Pearson's correlations, and standard multiple regression analyses. The major findings were as follows: There was a significant difference in the level of multicultural acceptance according to the child's gender. Parenting behaviors were related to the multicultural acceptance of the children tested. Specifically, parental warm-accepting behaviors were positively associated with their child's level of multicultural acceptance. Parental permissiveness-nonintervention and rejectiverestrictive behaviors were negatively associated with their child's level of multicultural acceptance. The combination of the child's gender and parenting behaviors significantly predicted the child's level of multicultural acceptance. The combination of the child's gender and parenting behaviors explained 21% of the variance in the levels of multicultural acceptance. Specifically, the combination of a child's gender and parenting behaviors explained 17% of the variance in multicultural relations. The combination of the child's gender and parenting behaviors explained 17% of the variance in multicultural awareness. The combination of the child's gender and parenting behaviors explained 16% of the variance in multicultural openess. The combination of the child's gender and parenting behaviors explained 15% of the variance in multicultural empathy.