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KMID : 0608020140220040373
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Korean Journal of Family Therapy
2014 Volume.22 No. 4 p.373 ~ p.389
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Maternal Object Relations and Child-Rearing Behaviors: Mediating Effects of Self-Efficacy
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Song Hye-Ran
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to identify whether a mother’s self-efficacy mediates between object relations and child-rearing behaviors.
Methods: A total of 260 mothers with children in kindergarten completed an object relations questionnaire, a scale measuring child-rearing behaviors, and a scale measuring self-efficacy.
Results: A mother’s self efficacy completely mediated between unstable attachment and affectionate child-rearing behaviors, between social incompetence and affectionate child-rearing behaviors, between social incompetence and rejecting child-rearing behaviors, and between alienation and rejecting child-rearing behaviors. The results show that a) unstable attachment decreases affectionate child-rearing behaviors, b) alienation increases rejecting child-rearing behaviors, and c) social incompetence simultaneously decreases affectionate child-rearing behaviors and increases rejecting child-rearing behaviors.
Conclusions: Intervention programs that improve self-efficacy may be effective in increasing affectionate child-rearing behaviors and decreasing rejecting child-rearing behaviors.
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KEYWORD
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Object Relations , child rearing, self-efficacy
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