Model Analysis on Factors Affecting Maternal Acceptance - Rejection - Mediating Effects of Parenting Stress -

어머니의 수용-거부에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 모형분석 - 양육스트레스의 매개효과를 중심으로 -

This study examined the influences on maternal acceptance-rejection and mediating effects of parenting stress. Participants were 150 mothers of children aged 3 to 6 in Seoul and Jeju. Research questions were analyzed by structural equation modeling. Results showed that children's age, congenital diseases or anomalies, planned pregnancy, and father's occupation influenced maternal acceptance-rejection directly. Mothers' perceived treatment in childhood and fathers' age influenced parenting stress; parenting stress, in turn, influenced maternal acceptance-rejection. Fathers' age influenced parenting stress negatively; parenting stress, in turn, influenced maternal acceptance-rejection positively.