어머니의 완벽주의와 자아개념이 양육신념에 미치는 영향

Effects of Mother s Perfectionism and Self-Concept on Her Parenting Beliefs

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects the mother s perfectionism and self-concept have on her parenting beliefs. The participants were 290 mothers of 3- to 5-year-old young children from 5 kindergartens in Daejeon and Cheongju cities. Collected data were analyzed utilizing the hierarchical regression analysis of SPSS 12.0 program. The findings are as follows: First, mothers with a high level of perfection propensity for standards, failures, mistakes, and fears and those mothers with a low moral self-concept all showed holding unto strong parental beliefs in the importance of their children s problem-solving skills. Secondly, those mothers with a high level of perfection propensity for high standards, failure, mistake, and family self-concept also reported a strong parental beliefs in their children s problem-solving skill. Thirdly, those mothers with a high level of perfection for high standards reported strong parental beliefs in the importance of their children s everyday skills. Fourthly, those mothers with a high family self-concept and social self-concept demonstrated strong parental beliefs in the importance of their supports for the children. In conclusion, this study suggested that mother s high tendency for perfection in areas of standards, failure, mistake, and fear, moral self-concept, and family self-concept had significant effects on their parental beliefs.