A Study on the Stress and Coping Patterns of Mothers with Cerebral Palsy Children
뇌성마비아 어머니의 스트레스와 대처양상에 관한 연구
- Lee, Ji-Won (Department of Nursing, Pusan Catholic University)
- 이지원 (가톨릭대학교 간호학과)
- Published : 1997.11.24
Abstract
Mothers with cerebral palsy children have much stress that is related to the care of children with cerebral palsy and to other household duties, and this state of the mother has an effect on the cerebral palsy child and on other household member. Mothers in such stressful situations use various coping patterns. The purpose of this study was as follows : to develop instruments that can be used for measuring the stress and coping patterns of mothers with cerebral palsy children, and to test a hypothetical model on the relationship between the mother's stress, her coping patterns and the variable affecting the stress and coping patterns. The results of this study can be summarized as follows : 1. The stress scale was composed of 44 items and Cronbach's