어머니의 부부적응, 우울과 불안, 정서반응이 유아의 정서조절에 미치는 영향

Effects of Mother's Marital Adjustment, Depression, Anxiety, and Emotional Response on Emotional Regulation in Young Children

The purpose of this study was to examine effects of marital adjustment, depression, anxiety and emotional response on emotional regulation in young children. Subjects of this study were 212 mothers of young children aged 3-5 years old attending 7 kindergartens and child care centers located Chungbuk province. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, Cronbach's α, t-test, F-test, Tukey post-hoc test, Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient using the SPSS 12.0 program, and path analysis was done using AMOS 7.0 program. The results of this study were as follows: First, mother's marital adjustment had direct effects on mother's depression and anxiety. Also, mother's marital adjustment had an indirect effect on young children's maladaptive emotional regulation mediated by mother's anxiety and mother's discouraging emotional response. Second, mother's depression had a direct effect on mother's encouraging emotional response while mother's anxiety did on mother's discouraging emotional response. Mother's encouraging emotional response was a mediator between mother's depression and young children's adaptive emotional regulation whereas mother's anxiety was mediated by discouraging emotional response in young children's maladaptive emotional regulation. Third, mother's encouraging emotional response had a direct effect on young children's adaptive emotional regulation while mother's discouraging emotional response had a direct effect on young children's maladaptive emotional regulation.