본 연구에서는 유아들의 인성과 인격 형성에 바탕이 되는 어머니의 양육태도와 아버지양육참여도를 알아보고 유아의 공격성에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 살펴보고자 하였다. 연구대상은 경기도에 거주하는 국·공립 어린이지 3곳과 민간어린이집 5곳에 다니는 0세부터 5세까지의 유아와 아동을 대상으로 실시하였다. 조사 방법은 남아113명, 여아 120명으로 총 233명 유아의 어머니가 질문지에 응답하는 설문지를 사용하여 자료 수집하였다. 연구결과를 보면 첫째, 사회 인구학적 변인에 따라 유아의 성별, 연령에 따라 차이가 있었다. 신체공격성은 여아보다 남아에게 많이 나타났으며, 연령에 따른 신체공격성은 연령이 낮을수록 많이 나타났다. 언어공격성은 유아의 성별, 연령에 따른 차이가 없었다. 둘째, 사회 인구학적 변인에 따라 어머니의 양육태도는 어머니 연령, 학력과 유아 공격성은 차이가 나타났으며, 어머니의 직업과 아버지의 양육참여도에 차이가 있었다. 셋째, 어머니의 양육태도, 아버지 양육참여도 및 공격성과 관계를 보면 공격성과의 관계가 나타났다. 어머니의 온정·정수용적 양육태도를 보일수록 신체공격성과 언어공격성이 낮았으며, 거부·제재, 허용·방임적 양육태도를 보일수록 신체공격성과 언어공격성 모두 높게 나타났다. 넷째, 어머니의 양육태도와 아버지의 양육참여도는 유아의 공격성에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 어머니의 양육태도가 유아공격성을 높이는데 가장 많은 영향을 주며, 아버지의 양육참여도는 유아공격성을 낮추는 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과는 유아의 올바른 인성형성에 어머니의 양육태도와 아버지의 양육참여도가 영향을 준다는 것에 의의가 있다.
In this study, we looked into the mother's parenting attitude and participation in father care based on the character and character formation of infants and how it affects their aggression. The study was conducted on infants and children aged 0 to 5 who attend three national and public children's homes in Gyeonggi Province and five private daycare centers. The survey method involves collecting data through questionnaires that were answered by mothers of 233 children, 113 of which were boys while 120 were girls. The results of the study showed that, first, differences were seen in accordance with socio-demographic variables and variables such as child’s sex and age. Physical aggression was more evident in boys than girls, and it was also more evident as the age was younger. Verbal aggression had shown no difference with sex and age. Second, mother’s parenting attitude according to socio-demographic variables differed in variables such as mother’s age, educational background, child aggressiveness as well as mother’s occupation and father’s involvement in parenting. That is, the younger the age of mothers, the more evident is the child’s level of physical and verbal aggressiveness, and more evident in rejecting/restricting parenting attitude as the mother’s age gets younger. If mother’s educational background was above bachelor graduates level, rejecting/restricting parenting attitude was less obvious, and in father’s involvement in parenting according to mother’s occupation, spouse’s level of participation in housework was higher when the mother had a full-time job than those working part-time jobs. Third, the relationship between mother’s parenting attitude, father’s level of participation in housework and child’s aggressiveness were examined and each were related to another. As mother showed more compassionate/accepting parenting behavior, child’s level of aggressiveness in both physical and verbal were lower, and as the mother displayed more rejecting/restricting and permissive/neglecting parenting behavior, the child’s level of physical and verbal aggressiveness were higher. Fourth, mother’s parenting attitude and father’s involvement in parenting obviously affected the child’s level of aggressiveness. Mother’s attitude affected it the most, followed by father’s involvement in parenting. It also showed that father’s involvement in parenting affected lowering the child’s aggressiveness. The results are meaningful in that the mother's attitude and father's participation in the formation of the correct character in the infant.