유아기 부모의 양육불안과 스트레스가 심리 및 행동 통제에 미치는 영향

Effects of Parenting Anxiety and Stress on Psychological & Behavioral Control

Background/Objectives: This study the effects of parenting anxiety on psychological and behavioral control mediated by parenting stress. Methods: The total of 208 father and mother of 3-5 year-old children across the country participated in this study. A path model was tested using the AMOS 22.0 program. Bootstrapping methods were used to determine the statistical significance of the indirect effects of the parameters. Results: First, it appeared that as the parents’ anxiety increased, the mother’s parental distress, stress regarding a difficult child increased moreover, as the father’s relationship anxiety increased, all subfactors of the father’s parenting stress increased. In contrast, as the mother’s relationship anxiety increased, the mother’s parent-child dysfunctional interaction, stress regarding a difficult child increased. Second, it appeared that as father’s ability anxiety increased, the father’s behavioral control decreased. However the mother’s ability anxiety did not have a direct impact on mother’s psychological control and behavioral control. Third, it appeared that the parental distress of the parents did not directly impact their psychological and behavioral control. Fourth, it appeared that parenting stress had a mediating effect on the impact of parenting anxiety on the parents’ psychological and behavioral control. Finally, it appeared that the mother’s ability anxiety enhanced the mother’s psychological control because of the stress regarding difficult child. Conclusion/Implications: This study proves that parent’s parenting anxiety and parenting stress are important factors that can influence the psychological and behavioral controls. Thus, developing counseling programs for reducing parenting anxiety and parenting stress tailored to and parents raising infants and to developing parent education programs, including warranted discipline method for promoting positive parenting behaviors, is necessary.