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The Effect of Solution-Focused Thinking on Marital Satisfaction of Mothers with Infants Mediated by Father Involvement in Childcare and Marital Conflict

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  • Son, Seonghui (Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Pusan National university) ;
  • Kim, Deuksung (Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Pusan National university) ;
  • Kwon, Yoona (Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Pusan National university)
  • Received : 2020.09.04
  • Accepted : 2020.11.25
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

This study investigated the impact of solution-focused thinking on marital satisfaction via mediating roles of father involvement in childcare and marital conflict. A questionnaire survey was conducted among mothers with infants, living in Busan, Daegu and Yangsan, South Korea. Data from 264 mothers were analyzed using several multiple regression analyses and bootstrapping method with SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS macro (model 6) to test the serial double mediation model. The results of this study are as follows. First, mothers' solution-focused thinking had a significant direct and indirect positive influence on marital satisfaction through both father involvement in childcare and marital conflict. Second, the sequential mediating effects of father involvement in childcare and marital conflict were statistically significant in the relationship between solution-focused thinking and marital satisfaction. The model accounted for 60% of the variance in mothers' marital satisfaction. The results highlight the importance of solution-focused thinking that can enhance the marital satisfaction of mothers with infants and act as a resource for increasing father involvement in childcare and decreasing marital conflict. Based on the results, it is necessary to include solution-focused thinking, father involvement in childcare, and marital conflict as key elements in the intervention to improve marital satisfaction of mothers with infants.

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