Realationship between fathers' fatherhood role perceptions and their parents' parental attitudes

This study examines the relations between fathers? perception of fatherhood role and their parents? parental attitudes? effect on perception of fatherhood role. The sample consisted of 228 fathers from the municipality of Çankaya and 161 fathers from the municipality of Mamak, total of 389 fathers whose children participating 12 state school kindergarden that is determined by random sampling method, Ankara. In the processes of determining sample, years of 2000 State Statistic Institute information, municipality of Çankaya and Mamak demographic information and number of students participating primary state school kindergarden in Ankara were used. As measurement tools, in order to obtain fathers demographic information Personel Information Form, in order to measure perception of fatherhood role ?Fatherhood Role Perception Scale? and in order to measure mather-father attitudes ?Mather-Father Attitude Scale? were used. In the analysis of results S.P.S.S.10 pocket program was used. As a statistical analysis percentages, freequencies, t-test, ANOVA and correlational techniques were used. Results showed that fathers education level, employment status, income levels, age of having first child, number of children, gender of childs and family structure have an effect on perception of fatherhood role (p<0,05); fathers? occupation does not have any significant effect on perception of fatherhood role (p<0,05). Results showed that there is no significant difference between father?s parent?s economic level and democratic family structure and protective family structure; father?s income level and related othoriterian family structure, democratic family structure and protective family structure. In terms of father?s fathers?s income level there is no significant differences between othoriterian family structure, democratic family structure and protective family structure. In this study it is showed that increase in perception of fatherhood role was associated with increase in othoriterian and protective mather-father attitudes.