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This study was designed to investigate the moderating effect of individualism-collectivism in the relationship between parenting attitude and social competence of children. Subjects of this study were 490(Male 257; Female 233) 6th graders from intact families. Participants completed two sub-scales of Parenting Attitude Questionnaire(i.e., affect and control), Social Competence Scale and Individualism and Collectivism Scale for Children. Collected data were analyzed using Product-moment correlation coefficient and t-test. Results of correlation analysis showed that there were significant relations between affectionate attitude and social competence, but there were no significant relations between controlling attitude and social competence. The results of t-test demonstrated that the relations between parenting attitude and social competence may differ according to sex of parents and children. The results of analysis on moderating effects of individualism-collectivism showed that for individualists, level of social competence was different according to parenting attitude; for collectivists, the difference in the level of social competence was found only in boys. For girl, there was no significant difference in the level of social competence regardless of parenting attitude. These findings suggest that individualism-collectivism may moderate the influence of parenting attitude on the development of social competence of children. The implications of these results on theory and practice were discussed. Finally, suggestions for further research were made on the basis of the limitations of this study.