부산대학교 도서관

This research attempted to investigate the effects of family-of-origin experiences and marital satisfaction on parenting efficacy as perceived by fathers in multicultural families in Korea. Data were collected from 203 Korean fathers who had at least one child and had married women from foreign countries by using a self-report questionnaire method. Family-of-origin experiences consisted of two variables: family-of-origin health and attachment to parents in the family-of-origin. Parenting efficacy measured two dimensions: efficacy as a parent and frustration/ anxiety as a parent. The results of exploratory analyses showed that family-of-origin experiences were different according to the participants’ education levels, religion, monthly average income, and family types, while marital satisfaction and parenting efficacy differed considerably depending on their age, education levels, religion, income, and their foreign wives’ Korean communication abilities. The results of correlation analyses indicated that the level of fathers’ parenting efficacy was positively related with the levels of marital satisfaction and family-of-origin experiences. Finally, the multiple regression analyses reported that marital satisfaction was the most powerful variable affecting both of the dependent variables: efficacy as a parent and frustration as a parent, while attachment to the father in their family-of-origin also influenced their efficacy as a parent. The results were discussed in terms of some implications for educators and clinicians working with fathers in multicultural families. The results were also discussed in terms of future research directions focusing on this new type of family in Korea.