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KMID : 1025820190270040599
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Family and Family Therapy
2019 Volume.27 No. 4 p.599 ~ p.620
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A Study on the Mediating Effect of Couple Communication between the Relationship of the Stepparents’ Role Strain and Their Depression, Focused on Gender Difference
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Kim Da-Ae
Cho Eun-Suk
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study explored the mediating effect of couple communication between the relationship of step-parents’ role strain and their depression, focusing on the gender difference of the stepparent.
Methods: 226 stepmothers and stepfathers answered the survey questionnaire administered online. Data were analyzed using structural equations.
Results: Gender differences were found, which showed higher role strain and depression levels along with lower couple communication level among stepmothers in contrast to stepfathers. Couple communication showed a partial mediating effect on the effects of role strain and depression. However, the mediating model was different by gender. Couple communication completely mediated the relationship between role strain and depression among stepfathers, while in the case of stepmothers, the direct effects of role tension to depression was still significant in addition to couple communication’s partial mediating effect.
Conclusions: The results imply the importance of marital communication in intervening the harmful effects of stepparents’ role strain on their depression. Moreover, the gender differences shown from the results need to be further explored.
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KEYWORD
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stepparent, role strain, depression, couple communication, gender difference
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