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The Development and Validity of a Scale to Evaluate Maternal Beliefs Regarding Employment  

Shon, Kyeng-Hwa (Department of Social Welfare, Suncheon Cheongam College)
Cho, Bok-Hee (College of Human Ecology, Kyunghee University)
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Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association / v.47, no.2, 2009 , pp. 69-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to develop a scale to evaluate maternal beliefs regarding employment and to demonstrate its validity. The subjects in the study included 225 mothers in Suncheon who had children under the age of 5. Initially, the definitions of beliefs associated with employment presented in previous studies were examined, after which the existing scale, Beliefs about the Consequence Maternal Employment for Young Children (BACMEC), was modified based the advice of three experts in child study. Next, 35 mothers who had preschool children were interviewed to assess their views on the positive and negative aspects of maternal employment. After excluding overlapping contents, a scale composed of 50 questions (24questions adapted from questions on the BACMEC and 26 created based on the results of the interview) was generated. Based on the result of factor and regression analysis, 27 (15questions regarding positive aspects of employment and 12 regarding negative aspects of employment) of the 50 questions were selected for use as the new scale. Reliability analysis showed satisfactory results (Cronbach's $\alpha$ = .89-.92). In conclusion, it is hoped that the scale for maternal beliefs in employment developed in this study will be used as a useful measurement tool in future studies conducted to evaluate maternal employment.
Keywords
maternal beliefs in employment; the positive aspects of employment; the negative aspects of employment;
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