취업모의 부모역할 만족도와 양육효능감이 양육행동에 미치는 영향

Effects of Parenting Satisfaction and Efficacy on Employed Mothers" Parenting Behavior

&nbsp;&nbsp;This study was to find out general tendencies of parental role satisfaction, parenting efficacy, and parenting behavior according to working mother&quot;s backgrounds, and to investigate the relations of the three variables and the effects of parental role satisfaction and parenting efficacy on parenting behavior. Subjects for this study were 266 working mothers whose children were attending day-care centers. Questionnaires were used to measure working mother&quot;s parental role satisfaction, parenting efficacy, and parenting behavior. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, multiple regression using SPSS 11.0.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Results of this study were as follows:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;First, result showed that parenting satisfaction, parenting efficacy and parenting bahaviors are different according to mothers&quot; working period, working hours, support of spouse, mothers&quot; educational level, and family income level.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Second, statistically significant relations among working mother&quot;s parenting satisfaction, parenting efficacy, and parenting behavior were found. Results of multiple regression revealed that parenting efficacy and parental role conflict influenced reasoning guidance parenting behavior. Whereas, affective parenting behavior was affected by parenting efficacy, parent-child relations, and parental role satisfaction. While parental role conflict and parenting efficacy affect authoritatively-controlling parenting behavior, parenting efficacy and parent-child relations affected actively-involved parenting behavior. To sum up, working mother&quot;s parenting satisfaction an parenting efficacy were significantly influenced on parenting behavior.