Purpose: The father`s role performance in this study was identified as the correlation between self-confidence and satisfaction with parenting role by husbands of primiparous. Methods: Participants were recruited at a professional obstetric and gynecologic hospital in Seoul. For use in this study, the tool by Lederman et al. was modified to incorporate father`s self-confidence and satisfaction with role performance. Percentages, means, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation Coefficients were used to analyze the data with the SPSS WIN 11.0m program. Results: The mean score for self-confidence in father`s role performance was 35.19 and satisfaction in father`s role performance was 45.13. General characteristic significantly related to father`s role performance were marriage satisfaction and type of delivery. Also marriage satisfaction and religion were related to satisfaction with role performance in this study. There was a positive correlation between degree of self-confidence and degree of satisfaction in father`s role performance. Conclusions: The degree of satisfaction in father`s role performance was positively related to self-confidence. So, nursing interventions to improve father`s role performance may lead to improvement in father`s self-confidence and satisfaction with role performance. Further research is needed to exam causality.