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Model Structure for Mother-Child Relationship for Korean Infants and Toddlers and Their Mothers (한국 영유아와 어머니의 모아상호작용 구조모형)

  • Park, Sun-Jung;Kang, Kyung-Ah;Kim, Shin-Jeong
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.268-278
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to set up a hypothetical model to explain causal relationships among influential variables in the mother-child relationship for Korean infants and toddlers and their mothers. The research was based on Barnard's (1978) mother-child relations model, and goodness-of-fit was examined. Methods: The participants were 207 mothers with infants or toddlers. Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS programs. Results: Regarding the influence of the variables on the mother-child relationship between infants and toddlers and their mothers, social support had a 75% explanation of mother-child relationships, and attachment had a 58% explanation of social support. Attachment had both direct and indirect effects on the mother-child relationships, and social support had direct and total effects on the mother-child relationships. Among child-related variables, child temperament had a moderating effect on the mother-child relationships. Conclusion: The findings indicate that the model has utility in developing effective nursing intervention methods to boost mother-child relationships between infants and toddlers and their mothers.

Child Injury and Attitude, Knowledge, and Practice on Safety of Mothers With Infants and Toddlers (영유아 사고실태와 영유아 어머니의 안전관련 태도, 지식 및 실천)

  • Bang Kyung Sook
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.30-40
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    • 2005
  • Objectives: To describe the rate of injuries among infants and toddlers. and to investigate the attitude. knowledge. and practice on safety of their mothers. Methods: The total sample consisted of 308 mothers with infants or toddlers from two public health centers in two cities in Kyunggi Province. A questionnaire was used to collect data. which was analyzed with SPSS 11.5 Win program. Results: Thirty-eight percent of the subjects had experienced home accidents. Fall. burn. and laceration were the most frequently occurred home injuries. Most of the mothers were anxious for child accidents, and $59.4\%$ of mothers thought of safety as a primary concern. The mean score of knowledge on safety was 7.63. and the mean score of practice on safety was 34.76. Safety knowledge was significantly higher in mothers with higher education. higher income. and experience of having information on safety. but safety practice was not different depending on these factors. There was a negative correlation between safety practice and child rearing burden. Conclusions: The rate of injuries among infants and toddlers was still high compared to other developed countries. This study provided basic data about the accidents of infants and toddlers. and the level of safety knowledge and safety practice of their mothers. The related factors found in this study should be considered when providing anticipatory guidance or developing injury prevention programs for mothers.

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The Acquisition of Parenting Information and Knowledge Levels of Mothers with Infants and Toddlers (영아기 및 걸음마기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육정보 습득과 양육지식)

  • Lee, Joo-Yeon;Lee, Sok-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.179-197
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    • 2010
  • The present study investigated how mothers with infants and toddlers obtain information about parenting and examined the nature of maternal parenting knowledge in order to evaluate the quality of the information. The mothers' age and educational level were included in the analysis as a influential factor on parenting knowledge. Four hundred and twenty-nine mothers with infants and toddlers completed the questionnaires issued regarding the source and content of parenting information and parenting knowledge. The results indicated that the mothers with only one child preferred to utilize their friends and relatives as their primary source of information and the mothers with more than one child acquired parenting information from their own previous experience. Second, the subjects were most interested in acquiring information related to physical development and medical problems. Third, the main effects of all independent variables were found. In addition, the interactional effects between the educational level and source of parenting information for the mother with only one child and the interactional effects between age and source of parenting information for the mother with more than one child were determined as a result of this study. These results indicate that there are some high-risk groups when it comes to the acquisition of parenting knowledge and we suggest providing valid and reliable information to these most vulnerable groups.

The Relationship of the HOME to the Characteristics of Primary Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers (영·유아의 양육책임자에 따른 가정환경자극의 영향)

  • Shon, Young Sook
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.1-20
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    • 1985
  • The relationship between home environment variables for infants and toddlers and the nature of primary caregivers were examined in the present study. The purpose of the study was to explore the possibility of home stimulation deprivation when infants were not cared by their own mothers. Primary caregivers were classified into mothers, blood related adults, and unrelated adults. The home environment was assessed with the Korean version of HOME (Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment) by means of interview and observation. The subjects of this study were 126 infants aged 3 to 36 months and their primary caregiver, adults who provided more than 8 hours day-time care for infants at home. The results were as follows : 1) The primary caregiver had an effect on the infants' home environmental stimulation. That is, the group of mothers as primary caregivers had the highest HOME scores, the second highest were blood related adults, and the unrelated adults were the last. 2) There were no sex differences in HOME scores. 3) There were significant relationships between the educational level of the caregiver and HOME. That is, the higher educational levels showed higher HOME scores.

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Perception of the Importance of Health Promotion Behavior for Infants and Toddlers according to Mothers of Children in this Age Group and Graduate Students in Nursing (영유아 어머니와 간호학 전공 대학원생의 영유아 건강증진행위 중요도에 대한 인식)

  • Bang, Kyung-Sook;Kwon, Mi-Kyung;Choi, Mi-Young;Huh, Bo-Yun;Chung, Sophia-JiHey
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.60-67
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: This study was done to examine the importance of health promotion behavior for infants and toddlers as perceived by mothers of children in early childhood, and graduate students in nursing and to provide information for health promotion in early childhood. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey research study. The participants were 91 mothers of children in early childhood, and 115 graduate students in nursing. Results: The comparisons showed that graduate students in nursing reported higher perception of the importance health promotion behavior for infants and toddlers than did the mothers. In health promotion behavior, the highest score was in the category of safety. Conclusion: Providing information by nurses is necessary to promote health promotion behavior for mothers of children in early childhood. Therefore, it is important for healthcare professionals to develop effective programs for these mothers who want to promote good health promotion behavior in their children.

Effects of Infants' and Toddlers' Temperament and Mothers' Parenting Self-Efficacy on Parenting Behavior (영아기와 걸음마기 유아의 기질과 어머니의 양육효능감이 양육행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Mi Jeong;Lee, Kyung Nim
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.253-271
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    • 2011
  • This study examined the effects of infants' and toddlers' temperament and mothers' parenting self-efficacy on parenting behavior. Two hundred and thirty-two mothers with infants and toddlers completed the questionnaires regarding children's temperament, parenting self-efficacy and parenting behavior. The collected data were analysed by correlations and pathway analysis. The results were as follows: First, infants' and toddlers' temperament directly and indirectly through mothers' parenting self-efficacy affected affectionate and permissive-uninvolved parenting behavior. Second, mothers' parenting self-efficacy directly affected affectionate, authoritarian and permissive-uninvolved parenting behavior and mediated between children's temperament and mothers' parenting behavior. Additionally the most important variable predicting mothers' affectionate and permissive-uninvolved parenting behavior was infants' and toddlers' temperament, and the most important variable for authoritarian parenting behavior was mothers' parenting self-efficacy.

Blindness to and evaluation of the condition of the nu turing environment at infant/toddler child care centers by principals, teachers and mothers (원장, 교사, 어머니의 어린이집 영아반 보육환경에 대한 불인지 비율과 평가)

  • 현온강;윤정혜;오선주;이완정
    • The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.15-32
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    • 2001
  • This research was performed to examine the ratio of blindness to the child care environment and compare the evaluation of it among principals, teachers and mothers. Data were collected from questionnaires completed by respondents of this research were 37 principals, 37 teachers and 261 mothers of infants and toddlers at child care centers in Incheon, Korea. Cross tabulation, one-way ANOVA and Duncan's Multiple Range Test were utilized to analyze the data. In almost all of the items about the child care environment, mothers showed higher degrees of blindness than principals and teachers. In most of the items, mothers'evaluations were higher than those of principals and teachers. As a result, the researchers recognize a pressing need far programs far parents to improve the quality of child care.

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A Short-term Longitudinal Study on Types and Predictors of Trajectories of Adaptation to Child Care Among Infants and Toddlers: Using Growth Mixture Modeling and Latent Classes Analysis (영아의 어린이집 적응 추이의 유형 및 예측 요인에 대한 단기종단연구: 성장혼합모형과 잠재계층분석을 활용하여)

  • Shin, Nary;Jo, Woori
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.115-143
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    • 2020
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine underlying types of developmental trajectories of adaptation to child care among infants and toddlers. This study also aimed to identify latent classes in their child care adaptation types in order to find predictors that account for individual differences. Methods: Participants were 420 mothers of infants and toddlers and 123 teachers. The levels of child care adaptation of participating infants and toddlers were rated monthly from early April to June, 2019. The collected data were analyzed using growth mixture modeling, latent class analysis and multinominal logistic analysis. Results: The results of growth trajectories of child care adaptation showed there were two to four latent groups by dimension of child care adaptation. Also, the groups of individual dimensions of child care adaptation were classified into three latent classes, which were 'complying and positive group', 'negative group', and 'individualized group. Multinominal logistic analysis revealed that children's age, gender, and temperament differentiated the three latent classes of adaptation to child care. Conclusion/Implications: The results show individual characteristics that infants and toddlers possess should be prudently considered in order for successful adaptation to child care.

Development of a Tool to Measure Health Promotion Behavior for Infants & Toddlers (영유아를 위한 건강증진 행위 측정도구 개발)

  • Kim, Shin-Jeong;Kang, Kyung-Ah;Yun, Jin;Kwon, Oh-Jin
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.21-32
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a tool to assess degree of health promotion behavior for infants & toddlers. Method: The research design was a methodological study. The tool was developed in 4 stages: first, preliminary items were developed based on a questionnaire that was given to 20 mothers of infants & toddlers second, a panel of specialists reduced the preliminary items using 3 validity tests; third, final items were selected from the results of a test with a sample of 262 families. Results: The final tool to measure the health promotion behavior consisted of 35 items and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency was .884. Using factor analysis, a 7 factor solution explained 45.6% of the total variance. Conclusion: This tool can be effectively utilized for child health care.

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Relations of Maternal Sensitivity and Temperament to linfants Attachment Security (영아의 애착 안정성에 영향을 미치는 변인 : 어머니의 민감성과 영아의 기질)

  • Park, Kyung Ja
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.3-17
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    • 1999
  • Maternal sensitivity and infant temperament were studied in relation to infant attachment security. Subjects were 47 one-year-old infants anti their mothers from intact upper-middle class families. Mothers sorted the Attachment Q-set (Waters, 1987, version 3.0) and filled out the Toddlers Temperament Questionnaire(Chu, 1992). Maternal sensitivity was observed in the home for two 3-hour sessions, and observers completed the Maternal Behavior Q-set(Pederson, Moran et al., 1990). Attachment security scores of the infants, using criterion scores developed with Korean infants, were 42, which is comparable to Previous studies. Infants who were securely attached to mothers showed more secure-based behaviors and compliance, enjoyed physical contacts, and showed less fussy/difficult behaviors with mothers. Mothers of girls were observed to be more sensitive to their infants' signals than mothers of boys. Maternal sensitivity scores were not related to infant security scores. However, maternal sensitivity was related to less compliance to mothers for boys.

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