자아존중감, 생활만족도 및 직업특성에 따른 취업모의 양육행동

Working Mother's Child-rearing Behavior According to Self-esteem, Life Satisfaction, and Job Characteristics

This study was conducted to analyze working mother's affectionate and authoritarian behavior according to social demographic variables, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and Job characteristics. Questionnaires were developed and administered to 152 working mothers with 5th and 6th emementary school graders in Gwangju City. The results of this study can be summarized as follows : First, there was no significant differences in working mothers' child-rearing behavior according to social demographic variables. Second, affectionate behavior showed a significant difference according to all sub-factors of self-esteem, and authoritarian behavior showed a significant difference only in moral behavior and self-value. Third, there was a significant difference in both child-rearing behavior according to life satisfaction of working mothers. Fourth, according to job-related variables, there was a significant difference in the affectionate behavior, but not in the authoritarian behavior. Fifth, moral behavior and self-value had significant positive influencies on mother's affectionate behavior, and life satisfaction had negative influencies on authoritarian behavior.