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KMID : 1037320100030010001
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Korean Journal of Infant Mental Health
2010 Volume.3 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.16
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Parenting stress for neurosurgical infant’s mother
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Joo Bong-Lim
Shim Kyu-Won
Kim Dong-Seok
Song Dong-Ho
Shin Yee-Jin
Eom So-Yong
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Abstract
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The study was conducted to examine emotional problems and parenting stress in mothers of infants, who visited the department of pediatric neurosurgery, to reduce them and provide the basis on which comprehensive interventional treatment could be performed to treat the children. For 65 infants who visited the department of pediatric neurosurgery and mothers of 35 mentally retarded infants, Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered and the overall stress level was evaluated. Among mothers of infants who visited the department of neurosurgery, the level of parenting stress was clinically high and depressive symptoms were found to be at the level of a mild severity. In terms of total stress (TS), more than half of the subjects were found to experience stress categorized as an abnormal range. Total stress (TS) and child domain (CD) were higher in mothers of infants who underwent surgical treatments than mothers of infants who were treated conservatively. The scores indicating depressive symptoms among mothers of infants who underwent surgical treatments were found to be relatively high as compared with mothers of developmentally retarded infants although they were not statistically significant. The increased parental distress of mothers with infants having neurosurgical diseases was analyzed and discussed. Particularly, mothers of infants with neurosurgical diseases had a low level of competence and mild depression. The necessity of surgical and comprehensive psychological interventions would be suggested.
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KEYWORD
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pediatric neurosurgical disease, parental distress, parenting education
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