The Korean Journal of Human Development

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Parenting Stress and Maternal Attachment to Infants: Examining the Moderating Effect of Social Support

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Chae Jin-Young,Park Youjeong
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pp. 101~120 / 2016 Vol.23 No.4
e-ISSN2982-6845
p-ISSN1226-4474
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Abstract

The present study tested the possibility that social support moderated the impact of mothers’ parentingstress on their attachment to their infants. One hundred and seventy four mothers raising six- toeight-month-old infants in J province in Korea completed questionnaires regarding their parenting stress,social support, and attachment to their infant. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlations and astructural modeling analysis based on Ping’s (1996) two-step method. Mothers’ parenting stress and socialsupport were significantly correlated with their attachment to the infants. Specifically, mothers’ parentingstress was negatively associated with maternal attachment to the infant, whereas social support waspositively associated with maternal attachment to infant. Furthermore, the impact of maternal parentingstress on the level of attachment to their infant was moderated by social support. These results suggestthat social support for mothers with infants can alleviate the negative influence of parenting stress on thepsychological bond between the mothers and their children.

Keywords

parenting stress social support maternal attachment to infant moderating effect

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