Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

Korean Association of Child Studies (한국아동학회)
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The Acquisition of Parenting Information and Knowledge Levels of Mothers with Infants and Toddlers

영아기 및 걸음마기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육정보 습득과 양육지식

  • 이주연 (전남대학교 생활환경복지학과) ;
  • 이석호 (사회복지공동모금회 연구센터)
  • Received : 2010.05.01
  • Accepted : 2010.07.19
  • Published : 2010.08.31
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Abstract

The present study investigated how mothers with infants and toddlers obtain information about parenting and examined the nature of maternal parenting knowledge in order to evaluate the quality of the information. The mothers' age and educational level were included in the analysis as a influential factor on parenting knowledge. Four hundred and twenty-nine mothers with infants and toddlers completed the questionnaires issued regarding the source and content of parenting information and parenting knowledge. The results indicated that the mothers with only one child preferred to utilize their friends and relatives as their primary source of information and the mothers with more than one child acquired parenting information from their own previous experience. Second, the subjects were most interested in acquiring information related to physical development and medical problems. Third, the main effects of all independent variables were found. In addition, the interactional effects between the educational level and source of parenting information for the mother with only one child and the interactional effects between age and source of parenting information for the mother with more than one child were determined as a result of this study. These results indicate that there are some high-risk groups when it comes to the acquisition of parenting knowledge and we suggest providing valid and reliable information to these most vulnerable groups.

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