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KMID : 0614420130410020087
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Mental Health & Social Work
2013 Volume.41 No. 2 p.87 ~ p.115
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The Impact of Transactional Analysis Theory-based Parent Education Program on the Acculturative Stress and Parent Efficacy in Mothers with Children Studying Abroad
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Park Mi-Hyun
Lee Young-Ho
Kim Yoon-Joo
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Abstract
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With the rapid increase in number of young children studying abroad, there also has been an accompanying increase in the number of mothers who face a new lifestyle without their partners. In addition to the children who are challenged with adapting to a new school and culture, it is being recognized that their mothers also report a certain degree of psychological suffering stemming from their acculturative stress. This study provided a Transactional Analysis (TA) theory-based parent education program for these mothers in order to provide a psychological support system, strengthen their confidence, reduce their acculturative stress and evaluate their parent efficacy. In the control group, there were no significant changes in the scores for acculturative stress, parent efficacy and symptoms of stress before and after the program. However, in the experimental group, there was a statistically significant increase in parent efficacy and a statistically significant decrease in acculturative stress following the program. TA theory-based parent education program is effective at decreasing mothers` acculturative stress as well as increasing their parent efficacy. It also reduces their symptoms of stress through management of anger and anxiety.
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KEYWORD
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Transactional Analysis, Parent Education, Acculturative stress, Parent efficacy, Mothers with Children studying abroad
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