The Effect of way of mother’s communication with father’s image to their children on father’s image and family function

Abstract

In this research, the purpose was to examine the influence of father’s image transfer from mother to child ing father image of their child. We focused on two aspects of how to convey father’s image by mother, management side and content side. A questionnaire survey was conducted for 217 college students (97 males, 120 females). As a result of the factor analysis, the management aspect of how to convey father’s image by mother was constructed with "Peaceful" "Callousness" "Involving " "awkwardness" "serious" in management side and "reference to father’s presence" "mother’s perspective to the father" in the content aspect. Covariance structure analysis was conducted to examine the effect of mother’s father image transmission on family function through mediation of father’s image. As a result, it was suggested that referring to father’s day-to-day situation on the content side and "peaceful " "serious" on the management side by mothers promotes family functions by mediating a positive father’s image perceived by their child.