Article

Maternal Attachment to Infants, Depression and Social Support for Mothers with Infants and Their Effects on Parenting Efficacy

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박희진,문혁준

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pp. 81~98 / 2013 Vol.20 No.3

Abstract

This study has been conducted to elucidate the factors influencing parenting efficacy intended for mothers with infants and targeted 250 mothers with infants, at 15 child care centers located in Seoul. The maternal attachment scale to infant, a depression scale, a social support scale and a parenting efficacy scale were all used for the purposes of this study. Questionnaires were used to gather survey date. Data analysis was conducted by t-tests, Pearson correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis. The results indicated that, the mothers with infants who were aged over thirty six showed a higher level of social support and mothers with infants who were under thirty five showed a higher level of parenting efficacy. Unemployed mothers with infants showed higher levels of depression and employed mothers with infants showed higher degrees of social support. The mothers with infants that had completed university level education showed higher levels of perceived social support and parenting efficacy. The mothers with infants on high incomes showed higher levels of perceived social support and lower depression levels than the mothers with infants on low incomes. The result of this study is the mothers with infants who had higher levels of maternal attachment to infants, higher levels of social support and lower depression levels show higher degrees of parenting efficacy. Therefore, greater efforts should be focused on increasing the social support given to mothers with infants.

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