The Effects of Parental Efficacy and Practices on Children\'s Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Study of the Children from Divorced and Non-Divorced Families
AUTHOR : 이혜승, 이순형
INFORMATION : page. 37~55 / 2003 Vol.10 No.1
ABSTRACT
Using a sample of 248 school-aged children and their mothers, this article investigated the differences of parental efficacy and practices between divorced and non-divorced mothers. Also, this study examined emotional and behavioral problems and internalized symptom of children from divorced and non-divorced families. Results suggest that divorced mothers have lower parental efficacy and show more authoritarian parenting practices than non-divorced mothers do. Generally, children from divorced families show more adjustment problems than children from non-divorced families. Differences in children\'s adjustment problems between divorced and non-divorced families can be explained by parental efficacy and practices. Discussion and suggestions for future study are addressed.