Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회지)

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The Relationship between Psychological and Environmental Factors and Value of Children of Mothers with Young Children

영유아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 심리적 요인 및 환경적 요인과 자녀가치관 간의 관계

  • Park, Su-Bin (Department of Home Economics Education, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Hee-Hwa (Department of Child Development & Family Studies.Research Institute of Ecology for the Elderly, Pusan National University)
  • 박수빈 (부산대학교 가정교육학과) ;
  • 김희화 (부산대학교 아동가족학과.노인생활환경연구소)
  • Received : 2012.04.01
  • Accepted : 2012.07.01
  • Published : 2012.08.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in the value of children according to the demographic characteristics of mothers with young children. This was to examine the relationship between psychological and environmental factors, and the value of children to mothers with young children. The participants of this study were 237 mothers, who had young children. Descriptive statistics, t-test, F-test, and Pearson's correlation analysis were used for data analysis. The results were as follows: First, the value of children was different according to the child's factors (gender and number of children in the family, etc.), the mother's factors (age and education, etc), and the family's factors (household income and cost of bringing up the child). Second, familism is related to emotional value and instrumental value, parenting efficacy is related to emotional value and social value, children's temperament is related to emotional value, and the value of children from mother's reference group is related to emotional value and instrumental value, social value, and burdensome value. As for the implication of these findings, value of children from mother's reference groups is important for changing the value of children of the mothers with young children.

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