Mother\'s Life Satisfaction and Parenting Behavior as Related to Child Social Competence
AUTHOR : 박서영,박성연
INFORMATION : page. 29~51 / 2007 Vol.14 No.2
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to explore the relations between mother\'s life satisfaction, parenting behavior and child social competence. A total of 190 mothers of preschool children completed questionnaires. The major results of this study were as follow: 1) Mothers who were satisfied with their life showed higher ‘reasoning’ and ‘autonomy granting’ parenting, especially to their daughters. 2) The effects of maternal parenting on child\'s social behavior differed depending on child\'s sex. Specifically, mothers\' ‘warmth’, ‘reasoning’ and ‘autonomy granting’ parenting were negatively related to boys\' ‘withdrawn’ behavior and girls\' aggressive behavior. 3) Only for girls, the relation between maternal life satisfaction and child\'s social behavior was mediated by maternal ‘reasoning’ parenting. In conclusion, the result of the study evinced that mother\'s life satisfaction was related to both parenting and child\'s social competence. In particular, the relations between mother\'s life satisfaction, parenting and social competence were stronger for girls than for boys.