乳幼児をもつ父親の育児・家事行動が父親自身のウェルビーイングに及ぼす影響

抄録

  The purpose of this study is to examine how paternal involvement in childcare and housework influences the well-being of fathers. Questionnaires were administered to fathers parenting pre-school children, and the responses from 703 fathers were analyzed. The results were as follows:

1) In the case of fathers with shorter working hours, paternal involvement in childcare was positively associated with the “self-acceptance of being fathers” and “well-being of the family.” In the case of fathers with longer working hours, the same results were derived, and a positive association with the “benefit to work” was also observed.

2) In the case of fathers with shorter working hours, paternal involvement in housework was positively associated with the “well-being of the family.” In contrast, in the case of fathers with longer working hours, paternal involvement in housework was negatively associated with the “well-being of the family” and “benefit to work.”

  These findings indicated that it is important to reduce the working hours of fathers, that it is important for fathers to be involved in childcare and the need to conduct further research on paternal involvement in childcare separately from paternal involvement in housework.