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KMID : 0922320170240020160
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Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Care Nursing
2017 Volume.24 No. 2 p.160 ~ p.168
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Stress and Well-Being in Mothers of Children with Diabetes Mellitus : The Mediating or Moderating Effect of Optimism
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Kim Dong-Won
Ju Hyeon-Ok
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Abstract
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Purpose: Optimism is an important psychological variable that functions positively in stress adaptation process. The purpose of this study was to identify either a mediating or moderating effect of optimism in the relationship between stress and well-being among mothers of children with diabetes mellitus.
Methods: A sample of 109 mothers of children with diabetes mellitus was recruited in a tertiary hospital in B city and they completed self-reported questionnaires. Multiple regression analysis models were used to test the mediating and moderating effects of optimism in the relationship between stress and well-being.
Results: The results of the multiple and hierarchical regression analysis showed that the role of optimism was examined a partial mediator of the relation between stress and well-being, not a moderator. Increased stress was associated with decreasing optimism and well-being, and increased optimism predicted increased well-being among mothers of children with diabetes mellitus.
Conclusion: Optimism is more likely to play a role as mediator, rather than as a moderator. This finding suggests the importance of optimism in improving the well-being of mothers of children with diabetes mellitus.
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KEYWORD
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Optimism, Stress, Mothers, Diabetes Mellitus
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