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Effects of Playfulness, Play Support Beliefs and Parenting Stress on Intimate Parenting in Mothers of Young Children

유아기 어머니의 놀이성, 놀이지지신념 및 양육스트레스가 친밀양육행동에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Ji Eun (Mulsarang Child Care Center) ;
  • Shin, Nary (Dept. of Child Welfare, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2014.05.14
  • Accepted : 2014.07.04
  • Published : 2014.08.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of playfulness, play support beliefs and parenting stress on intimate parenting in the mothers of young children by maternal employment. In order to achieve this, 405 mothers of young children, aged 3-5 years old, participated in a self-reported survey. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics using SPSS 19.0 and structural equation modeling and multigroup analysis using AMOS 21.0. The results of this study showed that the mothers' support beliefs and parenting stress mediated both playfulness and intimate parenting irrespective of maternal employment. Interestingly, the unemployed mothers' playfulness had direct effects on intimate parenting whereas the playfulness of the employed mothers did not. Lastly, the effects of the mothers' play support beliefs, playfulness, and parenting stress on intimate parenting did not differ between employed and unemployed mothers.

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