Objective: This study examined the effects of grandfathers' positive parenting
behavior, and fathers' positive parenting behavior on school-age boys' school
adjustment.
Methods: A total of 217 5th and 6th grade male elementary school students (126
5th graders and 91 6th graders) and their fathers living in Seoul and Gyeongnam
province participated in the study. The data were analyzed using correlations, and
structural equation modeling.
Results: Grandfathers' positive parenting behavior indirectly influenced boys'
school adjustment through their fathers' positive parenting behavior. It means
that fathers who perceived their fathers' parenting behavior as more positive
showed a higher level of positive parenting behavior, which led to a more
positive school adjustment for their sons.
Conclusion/Implications: These results uncovered the pathways from grandfathers'
positive parenting behavior to school-age boys' school adjustment
through their fathers' positive parenting behavior in an aspect of the intergenerational
transmission of parenting. In addition, these findings have implications
for future research of developing intervention programs for school-age
boys' school adjustment and parent education programs to facilitate fathers'
positive parenting behavior for school-age children's school adjustment.