The purpose of this study was to explore how adult children perceive and understand the parenting attitude of Korean fathers and mothers using concept mapping method and to identify the conceptual structure of them. The brainstorming focus group was conducted for 29 adult men and women. After collecting various ideas about Korean parents' rearing attitudes, the final statements(father: 78, mother: 78) were extracted. 25 adult men and women among who participated in the focus group performed cards sorting and importance evaluation. As a result of multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis using these results, in the case of father's parenting attitude, 3 dimensions(focusing on self vs focusing on children, expectation and identification vs psychological/emotional separation, toward individualism vs toward collectivism) were found and 8 clusters(authoritarian parenting attitude, punitive/rejective parenting attitude, excessive intervention, indifference/passive parenting attitude, excessive expectation/excessive identification, achievement oriented/focusing on study, family value/discipline, affective/receptive parenting attitude) were grouped. And in the case of mother's, 3 dimensions(focusing on self vs focusing on children, high expectation/active involvement vs indifference/importance to personal life, devotion/overprotection vs demand and comparison, discrimination) were found and 6 clusters(importance to personal life, role expectation and demand(positive/negative), excessive intervention, achievement oriented/excessive expectation, affective/receptive parenting attitude, devotion/overprotection) were grouped. Finally, based on the overall findings, the implications and limitations of this research were discussed.
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