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This study was made to find the variables which have influence on the mothering behavior to satisfy the emotional needs of infants. 291 mothers who have infant, aged from 6 to 12 month old, and visited pediatrician at 6 university hospitals and 2 private clinics, were selected for this study by means of non-probability sampling. Relationships between the mothering behavior and variables, which was thought to be influencing, such as the economic status, sex of infants, order of birth of infants, educational background on childrearing, attitude of mother on childrearing, degree of satisfaction of mother to the marriage life, and mothering behavior to satisfy the physical needs of infants were analyzed statistically by T-test, F-test, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients. The results were as follows: 1) The economic status was significantly related to the mothering behaviors to satisfy, the emotional needs of infants, which was high in order of middle, low and high class (F=4.90, P<0.01). 2) There were no significant relationship between the sex of infants, and the mothering behavior to satisfy the emotional needs of infants (T=0.56, P<0.01). 3) The birth order was significantly related to the mothering behaviors to satisfy the emotional needs of infants, which was high in order of the second, first and third born or upward baby. (F=3.18, P<0.05) 4) There were no significant relationship between the educational background on childrearing and the mothering behavior to satisfy the emotional needs of infants (T=0.56, P<0.01). 5) There were no significant relationship between the attitude of mother on childrearing and the mothering behavior to satisfy the emotional needs of infants (F=1.17, P>0.05). 6) There were no significant relationship between the degree of satisfaction of mother to the marriage life and the mothering behavior to satisfy the emotional needs ef infants(F=0.33, P>0.05). 7) The mothering behavior to satisfy the physical needs of infants is moderately positively related to the mothering behavior to satisfy the emotional needs of infants(Pearson’s r=+0.49).
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