The Korean Journal of Community Living Science (한국지역사회생활과학회지)

The Korean Society of Community Living Science (한국지역사회생활과학회)
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Androgynous Equalitarianism of Parents Recognized by Adolescents and Educational Support for Children

청소년이 지각한 부모의 양성평등의식과 자녀교육지원

  • Park Ok Im (Dept. of Consumer and Family-Child Studies, Suncheon National University, Suncheon, Korea) ;
  • Lim Jeong Soon (Geumdang middle school, Suncheon, Korea) ;
  • Kim Jeong Sook (Dept. of Nursing, Dongshin University, Naju, Korea)
  • 박옥임 (순천대학교 소비자ㆍ가족아동학과) ;
  • 임정순 (순천금당중학교) ;
  • 김정숙 (동신대학교 간호학과)
  • Published : 2005.03.01
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Abstract

The purpose of the research lies in investigating how the androgynous equalitarianism of parents recognized by adolescents and educational support for children differ in accordance with social and population factors. The subjects were 397 adolescents of secondary schools in Chonnam. The analysis of the results was carried out using SPSS/WIN 10.0 program. The results were as follows: (1) Adolescents were found to recognize the androgynous equalitarianism in their parents differently in accordance with gender, birth ranking, academic record, and father education level. (2) Educational support of parents recognized by adolescents, showed some notable differences in accordance with type of school, birth ranking, academic record, place of residence, mother's age, father education level, form of marriage, and economic class. (3) The relationship between androgynous equalitarianism and Educational support of parents recognized by adolescents had a positive correlation. In conclusion, it is essential to provide an atmosphere wherein the budding children can display their utmost potentiality regardless of gender to grow independent way of thinking and behaving and ability. Also consistent willingness to practice education in androgynous equalitarianism for the realization of equal society for both men and women is believed prerequisite.

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