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The effect of the Psychological characteristics of parents of children on the childcare stress of the mother

유아기 자녀를 둔 부모의 심리특성이 어머니 양육스트레스에 미치는 영향 (아버지 양육스트레스를 매개효과로)

  • Choi, Hang-Joon (Dept of Early Childhhood Education, Pai-chai University) ;
  • Cho, Su-Kyoung (Dept of Early Childhhood Education, Pai-chai University)
  • 최항준 (배재대학교 유아교육과) ;
  • 조수경 (배재대학교 유아교육과)
  • Received : 2015.04.20
  • Accepted : 2015.12.04
  • Published : 2015.12.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out how a parents' mental characteristics with preschool children(self-esteem, self-efficacy, depression) has effect on a mother's parenting stress by the medium of a father's parenting stress. The fourth year data of The Korean Children Panel of the KICCE(2011) was used, and the collected data was fathers and mothers with 1,754 children who are more than 35 months but not more than 42 months. For data analysis, analysis of frequency and correlation analysis were carried out using SPSS 18.0, and they were analysed with Structural Model to observe the relationship of each variable and influence, and it was found that the goodness of fit of the model was outstanding. As a result, the psychological traits of fathers impact directly on mothers' parenting stress. Mothers' psychological features increased mothers' parenting stress by a medium of fathers' parenting stress. The study showed that fathers' parenting stress that is a mediator variable performed a role as a mediator variable.

본 연구의 목적은 유아기 자녀를 둔 부모의 심리특성(자아존중감, 자기효능감, 우울)이 아버지 양육스트레스를 매개로 어머니 양육스트레스에 미치는 영향을 알아보는데 있다. 육아정책연구소의 한국아동패널(2011) 4차년도 자료를 사용하였으며 수집된 자료는 월령이 35개월 이상 42개월 이하의 1,754명의 아동을 자녀로 둔 아버지와 어머니이다. 자료의 분석은 SPSS 18.0을 이용하여 빈도분석, 상관분석을 실시하였으며 각 변인간의 관계 및 영향력을 살펴보기 위하여 구조모형으로 분석하였으며 모델의 적합도는 매우 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과 아버지의 심리특성이 어머니의 양육스트레스에 직.간접적으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 어머니 심리특성은 아버지 양육스트레스를 매개로 하여 어머니 양육스트레스에 영향력을 증가시켰다. 매개변인인 아버지 양육스트레스는 본 연구에서 매개변인으로서의 역할을 수행하는 것으로 나타났다.

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