The purpose of this study is to make clear influences of fathers' participation in childrearing on the psychological tie between fathers and children of fifth or sixth grade. The major findings are as follows :
(1) When the degree of fathers' participation in childrearing is high, the psychological tie between father and children is tend to be strong in general.
(2) Especially, from the view point of children, fathers' daily and cognizable participation in childrearing is tend to bring the strong psychological tie to them.
(3) When fathers' participation in childrearing is meaningful to themselves, it brings them the strong psychological tie with children, even if it isn't daily nor direct.
(4) Through the strong psychological tie with fathers, children come out in sympathy with their fathers' lives, and can find out various mature person's models in their fathers, e.g. models as workers, citizens, fathers or husbands.
(5) On the other hand, fathers reflect on their workers', citizens', fathers' or husbands' lives through the strong psychological tie with their children.
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