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The Effects of Young Children Mother's Gratitude, Child-rearing Attitude on Family Resilience

유아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 감사성향, 양육태도가 가족탄력성에 미치는 영향

  • Wee, Hwee (Dept. of Nursing, Kunsan National University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun Kyung (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Mokpo Catholic University)
  • 위휘 (군산대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 이현경 (목포가톨릭대학교 유아교육과)
  • Received : 2014.10.17
  • Accepted : 2015.06.26
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of family resilience, gratitude, and child-rearing attitude and to identify predicting factors of family resilience among mothers of young children. A correlative research design was be used for this study with self-administered questionnaires. The subjects were 248 mothers of young children from kindergarten located in Jeonnam and Gwangju provinces in Korea. Data were collected between May to June, 2013. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regressions with PASW Statistics 18 (SPSS 18.0) program were used for data analysis. The major findings are summarized as follows: (1) Family resilience was closely related to gratitude and four types of child-rearing attitudes. Gratitude was closely related to four types of child-rearing attitudes. And rejective attitude had significantly negative relations family resilience and gratitude. (2) The significant factors affecting family resilience were mother's education level, gratitude, affective attitude, rejective attitude, autonomous attitude and controlling attitude which explained 63% of the variance. The results indicate that gratitude and child-rearing attitude were significant factors associated with family resilience among mothers of young children. In order to increase the family resilience among mothers of young children, family programs that deal with both gratitude and child-rearing attitude should be designed.

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