아버지의 성역할태도가 온정적 양육행동에 미치는 영향: 가족친화제도 시행여부의 조절효과를 중심으로

Abstract

This study examined whether family-friendly policies at work moderate the association between fathers’ gender role attitudes and their affectionate parenting behaviors. The data was derived from the Panel Study of Korean Children. The samples included 1,164 fathers who participated in the seventh and eighth panel studies. To analyze the data, Pearson’s correlations, multi-regression, and simple slope analysis were conducted using SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS Macro. The key findings of the study were as follows: Among family-friendly policies, the paternity leave and a flexible work system moderated the association between gender role attitudes and affectionate parenting behavior. Such family-friendly policies strengthened fathers’ affectionate parenting, and gender role attitudes tended to be egalitarian in this case. The results of the present study showed that fathers’ affectionate parenting behavior reflected their egalitarian gender role attitudes and particularly emphasized the importance of the role of family-friendly policies in providing fathers with autonomous time use.