The Moderating Effects of Marital Satisfaction: The Relationship between Preschoolers' Temperament and Mothers' Parenting Efficacy
AUTHOR : 이아람,진미경
INFORMATION : page. 89~109 / 2015 Vol.22 No.3
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effects of marital satisfaction on the
relationship between preschoolers' temperament and mothers' parenting efficacy in Seoul and
Kyung-gi Province, South Korea. The subjects were 372 mothers with children aged 3-6. We used
a preschool child’s temperament questionnaire, marital satisfaction scale and the (Korean version of
Echelle Globale du Sentiment de Competence Parentals, K-EGSCP) questionnaire. The results of the
study suggested that preschoolers' temperament had a significant effect on mothers' parenting efficacy
and that domain-specific parenting efficacy was predicted by adaptive temperament and regular
temperament. Second, parenting efficacy was heavily influenced by the level of marital
satisfaction. Third, marital satisfaction had moderating effects on the relationship between adaptive
temperament and nurturance, which was a factor of domain-specific parenting efficacy. Fourth,
marital satisfaction had a moderating effect on the relationship between regular temperament and
nurturance. Likewise, this study confirms the moderating effect of marital satisfaction on the
relationship between preschoolers' temperament and parenting efficacy of preschoolers' mothers.