摘要:This study examined the effect of father's marital communication,self-esteem,and social support on 7 paternal involvement factors : leisure-life,proffering information,discipline,academic support, traditin-inheritance,material support,and everyday life. Instruments were the Korean Scale of Patemal Involvement (Kim,2005),Marital Communication Scale (Olson,et al,1987),Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg,1965),and the Social- Support Scale constructed by the researcher. Subjects were 248 8th grade students and their fathers in Busan. Results showed that marial comunication positively infuenced degree of father's discipline and trdition-inheritance;father's self-esteem positively influenced degree of father's material support;father's social support positively influenced degree of father' leisure life, proffering information,academic support,and everyday life of their adolescent children.
关键词:paternal involvement in child-rearing;marital communication;self-esteem;social support