This study aims to outline the variables related to father parenting involvement and its relationship with infant social emotional development with test subjects of 173 Infants attending Child Care Centers located in Sungnam-si, Gyeonggi-Do and Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-Do, and their fathers.
Father parenting involvement is evaluated using Questionnaire originally authored by Fagan & Palm(2004) and modified and adapted by Moon(2008), and social emotional development is rated using Social Emotional Development Rating Sale of two year old Infants by Kim(2010).
For the analysis, various statistics for each variables are computed. To classify the parenting types of fathers with different demographics, T-Test and F-Test using One-way ANOVA is performed. Correlation Analysis on the relationship between father parenting type and infant social emotional development and Regression Analysis of effects on infant social emotional development are also performed.
The result of the study are :
1. 'Daily Life Assistance' type is the most prominent form of father parenting involvement, and factors such as Father's Age, Level of Education, and whether Mother is working or not, have significant impact.
2. There is relationship between father parenting involvement and social emotional development of two year old infants, and have impact on the development. Father parenting types are more correlated with 'Basic emotion and social behavior', 'Cognitive control', and 'social relationship'.
3. The result of correlation analysis on the relationship between father parenting involvement and infant social emotional development due to demographics is that the cases of Only Child, Father aged between 36-40, and Mother is employed, have close relationship with sub-factors of infant social emotional development such as 'Basic emotion and social behavior', 'Cognitive control', and 'Social relationship'.
In conclusion, Father parenting involvement is related and affects 'Basic Emotions, and Social Behavior', 'Cognitive Control', and 'Social Relationship' of two year old infants. So, for desirable social emotional development of infants, father's active parenting involvement is necessary.