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Moderating Effects of Marital Fondness & Admiration and Father's Child Rearing Involvement on the Association between Parenting Stress and Marital Satisfaction: Comparison of Unemployed and Employed Mothers

어머니의 취업유무에 따른 양육스트레스와 결혼만족도의 관계: 부부간 호감과 존중과 아버지 양육참여의 조절효과

  • Kim, Deuksung (Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Do Hee (Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Pusan National University)
  • 김득성 (부산대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 김도희 (부산대학교 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2016.08.08
  • Accepted : 2016.10.25
  • Published : 2016.12.30
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Abstract

This study investigated the moderating effects of marital fondness and admiration as well as the father's involvement in child rearing on the association between parenting stress and marital satisfaction for a comparison of unemployed and employed mothers. The subjects were 159 unemployed mothers and 103 employed mothers with children under 3 years of age. The major findings of this study were as follows. First, unemployed mothers who had a lower level of marital fondness and admiration were dissatisfied with their marriage when they had higher parenting stress. Marital fondness and admiration are necessary for unemployed mothers in their transition period to parents. Especially, it is important for fathers to understand challenging conditions and encourage and support the spouse. However, there was no moderating effect of the father's involvement in child rearing in the association between parenting stress and marital satisfaction. Second, employed mothers who had a lower level of father's involvement in child rearing were dissatisfied with their marriage when they had higher parenting stress. The father's involvement in child rearing is necessary for employed mothers in their transition period to parents. Furthermore, it is important to implement policies at the national level to support childcare hours for balanced work and life. However, there was no moderating effect of marital fondness and admiration for the association between parenting stress and marital satisfaction.

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