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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2018.8.6.343

The Mediating Effects of Mothers' Depression on the Relationship of Marital Conflict and Young Children's Problem Behaviors  

Kim, Kyu-Rang (Department of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Ang University)
Lee, Hyong-Sil (Department of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Ang University)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.8, no.6, 2018 , pp. 343-351 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating effects of mothers' depression on the relationships of marital conflict and young children's problem behaviors. Data was collected from 177 young children and their mothers. The results of this study revealed that young children's problem behaviors were significantly positively correlated with mothers' marital conflict and depression. Mothers' marital conflict were also significantly positively correlated with hyperactivity, anxious and aggressive behaviors. Mothers' depression was significantly positively correlated with hyperactivity, anxious and aggressive behaviors. Regression analysis revealed that marital conflict significantly affected their depression. Mothers' depression also significantly affected young children's hyperactivity, anxious and aggressive behaviors. The relationship between marital conflict and young children's problem behaviors was fully mediated by mothers' depression.
Keywords
Marital conflict; Depression; Problem behaviors; Hyperactivity; Anxious behaviors; Aggressive behaviors;
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