Effects of Korean fathers’ participation in parenting, parental role satisfaction, and parenting stress on their child’s playfulness

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to examine the effects of fathers’ participation in parenting, parental role satisfaction and parenting stress on their child’s playfulness. The sample of the study consisted of 300 fathers of children aged eight years and below (children studying in second or lower grades), living in Korea. The subjects were surveyed between April and May, 2021. The results of the study were as follows: fathers’ participation in parenting and parental role satisfaction were positively related, while fathers’ participation in parenting and parenting stress were negatively related. Child’s playfulness was positively related to fathers’ participation in parenting and parental role satisfaction, and negatively related to parenting stress. It was confirmed that fathers’ participation in parenting, parental role satisfaction, and parenting stress are variables that affect child’s playfulness. Fathers’ participation in parenting had the greatest impact on child’s playfulness, followed by parental role satisfaction and parenting stress.

KEYWORDS:

• Childcare
• participation in parenting
• parental role satisfaction
• parenting stress
• playfulness

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethical approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed consent

Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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Funding

This paper was supported by Eulji University in 2020 (EJRG 20-17).