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KMID : 0606120060120010089
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Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
2006 Volume.12 No. 1 p.89 ~ p.95
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Correlation Study on the Motivation to Become a Parent and Understanding of Parents’ Role by Women College Students
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김은주/Kim EJ
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Purpose: This study was done to examine the understanding of becoming a parent held by women college students, and to examine correlations between motivation to become a parent and perception of parents’’ role.
Method: The participants in the study were 220 women college students of K Women’’s College in Incheon. Data were collected from July to November, 2004 and the method was self-report questionnaires which were constructed to include understanding of parenthood, motivation to become a parent, perception of parents’’ role.
Result: 1) In this study, 78.2% of women collage students responded they have marriage plans and 76.6% of the students responded they will have children. 2) Scores for motivation to become a parent and perception of parents’’ role by female college students were 44.5 and point 56.9 respectively. 3) Examination of the correlation of motivation to become a parent and perception of parents’’ role showed that there was a medium level of correlation and it was statistically significant.
Conclusion: These result indicate that interventions towards improvement in understanding of motivation to become a parent should be provided for adolescents and early adult.
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