유아기 자녀를 둔 아버지의 양육참여 관련 국내 연구동향 분석

Abstract

Abstract

This study intended to analyze the trend of researches regarding parenting involvement of fathers with early childhood children targeting master´s thesis or doctorial thesis as well as journal articles published locally for 21 years from 1990 to 2010 related to childhood education. The study subject determined in accordance with the purpose of this study is as follows; 1. What is the periodic trend of researches of those on parenting involvement of fathers with early childhood children? 2. What is the issue-wise trend of researches of those on parenting involvement of fathers with early childhood children? 3. What is the method trend of researches of those on parenting involvement of fathers with early childhood children? Target article accounted for 62 copies in total, and the trend is analyzed by calculating frequency and percentage ratio based on the analysis standard which is made on the basis of preliminary study. The study results are as follows; From 1990 to 1994, 3 articles published being master's & doctorial theses and journal article, related to child education, from 1995 to 1999, 9 articles, from 2000 to 2004 1 articles and from 2005 to 2009 34 articles indicates a drastic increase during this period. In 2010, 6 articles were published. Out of 62 articles 40 articles were master's & doctorial theses related to child education and 22 articles were from journals. Looking at issue-wise trend of research, researches on parenting involvement of fathers as independent variable were studied mainly targeted with child as a priority which accounted for number of studies. Among them there were the most frequent subject related to social emotional variables. Those researches treat parenting involvement of fathers as dependent variable have many researches that deals with social demographic variables continuously. In type of study in study method, mainly non-experimental study were found among quantitative studies, and few experimental & qualitative studies were performed. Number of target for study ranged mostly more than 100 person, but less than 400 persons. In terms of target research region, one study region and Seoul counted the most frequency, with few studies targeting nation wide, and the study selected its target to foreign region recorded none for its study. If the material is targeted to father for its collection, then the materials were collected from fathers for which questionnaires were used as the most frequent method. Measuring tool of parenting involvement of fathers were the most common using local tools as it is but only one article such tool was developed by the researcher it self. For material analysis method, it were used most in common, analysis of variance, correlation analysis, t-test in orderly basis, and path analysis, factor analysis, ² test were rarely used. According to this study result, from 1900 to present the study on the parenting involvement of fathers has shown increased trend in quantitatively, but they were focused on several variable factors rather than dealt with diverse variable factors. However, the recent study indicated effort by the researcher to make studies on the new variables. In study method, it indicated the tendency takes more than half from non experimental study, questionnaire method, use of local measuring tool, technology analysis, etc reflecting researches in this respect have not been performed in balanced methods in overall criteria.

Key-words: Parenting Involvement of Fathers, Research Trends