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´ëÇÑ°£È£ÇÐȸÁö 2009 Volume.39 No. 1 p.53 ~ p.61
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Relationship between Goodness-of-Fit for Mother-Preschool Child and Parenting Stress in Mother
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Jung Hyang -Mi
Ahn Min-Soon
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to identify the relationship between goodness-of-fit for mother-preschool child dyads and parenting stress experienced by the mother.
Methods: Study participants were 500 mothers who had children aged 3 to 5 who attended one of ten kindergartens or infant schools in M City or B City. Descriptive statistics and Pearson¡¯s correlation coefficients were calculated using the SPSS program.
Results: Comparison of goodness-of-fit scores for mother-preschool child dyad according to the characteristics of the participants, showed a significant difference according to child¡¯s age, gender, and birth order, mother¡¯s education and occupation, father¡¯s age and education, family income, and the chief caregiver in the family. There was a positive correlation between goodness-of-fit scores for mother-child dyad and parenting stress scores for mothers.
Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate a need to identify differences between children¡¯s behavioral problems and parenting styles according to the degree of discord in the mother-child temperaments. It is also necessary to develop and apply nursing programs to promote harmonizing of temperaments, programs in which the characteristics of the child and the mother are considered.
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KEYWORD
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Temperament, Stress
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