A study on the level of depression and parent efficacy of the mothers of children with disabilities in some areas of Daejeon

대전 일부 지역 장애아동어머니의 우울수준 및 부모효능감에 관한 연구

The This is a study on the level of depression and parental efficacy of the mothers who have children with disabilities. Thus, it compared the level of depression of the mothers of children with intellectual disabilities and the mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Both groups displayed mild depressive state; however, there was not a statistically significant difference between the two groups. Although there was not a significant difference between the two groups for parent efficacy, the factors of the number of family members and whether to participate in self-help meetings displayed a significant difference in the relationship of parent efficacy in accordance with the demographic characteristics. Of the mothers of children with intellectual disabilities, those mothers who were participating in the self-help meetings were found to have a higher parent efficacy than the mothers who were not participating in the self-help meetings. However, of the mothers of children with cerebral palsy, those mothers who were not participating in the self-help meetings were found to have a higher parent efficacy. As for the correlation between level of depression and parent efficacy, it was found that the higher the parent efficacy was, the lower the level of depression was. The interest was found to be higher with higher parent efficacy when sub-dividing and comparing frustration and interest that were the sub-domains of parent efficacy.

본 연구는 장애아동을 둔 어머니의 우울수준과 부모효능감에 관한 연구로 지적장애아동의 어머니와 뇌병변장애 어머니의 우울수준을 비교했으며, 두 집단에 모두 가벼운 우울상태를 보였으나 통계학적 유의미한 차이는 없었다. 두 집단의 부모효능감 또한 유의미한 차이를 보이지는 않았으나 인구사회학적 특성에 따른 부모효능감 관계에서 가족수와 자조 모임 참여여부 변인이 유의미한 차이를 나타냈다. 지적장애아동 어머니 중에서 자조모임에 참여하는 경우가 참여하지 않은 경우보다 부모효능감이 더 높게 나타났으나 뇌병변장애 아동 어머니 중에서 자조모임에 참여하지 않는 어머니의 부모효능감이 더 높게 나타났다. 우울수준과 효능감의 상관관계에서는 부모효능감이 높을수록 우울수준이 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 부모효능감을 하위유형인 좌절감과 관심으로 나누어 비교하였을 때 부모효능감이 높을수록 좌절감은 낮고, 관심은 높은 것으로 나타났다.