Factors influencing Korean immigrant fathers' involvement with adolescent children: The mediating effect of father identity

摘要: This study used an exploratory cross-sectional structural equation modeling (SEM) design, in which 376 Korean immigrant fathers were administered measures of Father Involvement, Father Identity, Acculturation, Marital Satisfaction, and Religious Commitment and a demographic questionnaire. The surveys were administered primarily in Korean church environments throughout an 18-state region. The primary purposes of this study were to test a model for factors influencing Korean immigrant fathers’ involvement with their adolescent children and examine the mediating effect of Father Identity on Father Involvement. This study also aimed at finding the most influential factor on Father Involvement through a general linear model (GLM). The SEM results demonstrated that Father Involvement was influenced by Father Identity directly and by Acculturation and Religious Commitment indirectly, mediated by Father …