• 대한가정학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2011

This study explored the effects of parenting efficacy and parental role satisfaction on the life-satisfaction of employed and unemployed mothers. The 527 mothers(234 employed, and 277 unemployed), with a child under 7 years old, were selected for this study. The results were as follows. First, employment had significant correlations with several factors, including the number of children, family income, educational level of parents, parent-child relations, preparedness for parental role conflict, and life-satisfaction. Second, for employed mothers, life-satisfaction had positive relationships with various factors, including family income, fathers' educational level, parenting efficacy, and parental role satisfaction; whereas, that of unemployed mothers had positive relationships with parenting efficacy, and parental role satisfaction. Third, for employed mothers, life-satisfaction was affected by several factors, such as family income, parental role satisfaction, parent-child relations, and preparedness for parental role conflict; however, unemployed mothers were affected by the number of children, the fathers' educational level, and self-confidence relating to the parental role, general satisfaction, and preparedness for parental role conflict.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.111-122
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• 2009

The relations of mothers' attitudes regarding maternal employment to mothers' psychological well-being, mothers' parenting sensitivity and children's social competence were examined for mothers who worked full-time (extensively) from age 6 months of their children on, mothers who were not employed, and mothers who worked part-time or inconsistently during their children's early years. Longitudinal observations of 1,034 mothers and children in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care from age one month to first grade were analyzed using structural equation models. As predicted, mothers and children benefited when maternal attitudes were consistent with mother's actual employment status. Among extensively employed mothers, those with positive attitudes about employment had better psychological well-being; among mothers who were not employed, those who believed that maternal employment would have negative consequences for children's development reported better psychological well-being. The findings suggested that whether the mother's status of employment is congruent with their beliefs, not whether the mother is working or not, predicted the mother's well-being and their child's social development.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.5-35
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• 1998

This study attempted to determine the relation between the maternal role strain and their husbands' support in employed and nonemployed first-time mothers, and how it changed over time. A descriptive, longitudinal and comparative study design was conducted to collect and analyzed the data at three times(at 3-4days, at 4-6wks and at 3-month postpartum) regarding the change of maternal role strain and their husbands' support in employed and nonemployed first-time mothers. The subjects were 133 first-time mothers who delivered vaginally at K university hospital in Deagu, Korea from Dec., 1994 to Oct., 1995. Among these 58 were employed and 75 were nonemployed first-time mothers. This instruments used to data collection in this study were by Hobbs(1968 : The Difficulty Index for First-time Parents), Staffensmeier(1982: Transition Difficulty Measure), Tayer(1976: Emotional Support from Husband), Lee, Hae Kyoung(1992 : Physical Support from Husband). The analysis of data was done with SAS/PC program which included percentage, $x^2$-test, Pearson correlation, Repeated Measure ANOVA, Time Contrast Analysis and t-test. The results were as follows : 1. There was a significant negative correlation only at 3-4days(r=-.19, P=.0265) and at 4-6wks postpartum(r=-.18, P=.0392) between maternal role strain and husband's support of the first-time mothers. Thus, the more support from husband, the less maternal role strains the first-time mothers felt. Therefore, the 1st hypothesis that "the more husband's support the first-time mother felt at all the time of testing, the less maternal role strains they got" was partially supported at 3-days and 4-6 weeks postpartum. There was no correlation between maternal role strain and t husband's support of the employed first-time mothers at al testing times(at 3-4days postpartum : r=-.95, P=.9548, at 4-6wks postpartum : r=-.0960, P=.4733 and at 3-month postpartum : r=-.05, P=7306). On the contrary, the unemployed first-time mothers felt less maternal role strain when they received more support from their husband at 3-4 days postpartum(r=-.31, P=.0073) and at 4-6wks postpartum(r=-.23, P=.0490). 2. There was no difference of maternal role strain between two groups with regards to employment status(F=.97, P=.3270). But the maternal role strains of two groups were changed differently each other over time(F=3.89, P=.00234). Therefore, the 2nd hypothesis that "there was the difference in the maternal role strains with regard to employment status and over time" was rejected. 3. There was no difference in husband's support between the employed and the nonemployed first-time mothers(F=3.06, P=.0826). But there was a significant interaction between employment status and over time(F=3.64, P=.0267), so the support from husband of the employed and the unemployed first-time mothers was changed differently each other over time. The support from husband of the employed first-time mothers was lowered significantly and continuously at 4-6wks (F=5.20, P=.0263) and at 3-month postpartum(F=6.47, P=.0137) than at 3-4 days postpartum. On the contrary, there was no difference in change of husband's support of the employed first-time mothers between the 3-4 days and the 4-6wks postpartum(F=1.70, P=.1962) and between the 3-4 days and the 3-month postpartum(F=.21, P=.6513). Mean husband's support of the nonemployed first-time mothers was raised at 4-6wks postpartum than at 3-4 days postpartum but lowed at 3-month postpartum. The support form husband of both groups was tending downwards at 3-month postpartum than at 4-6wks postpartum, but the one between two groups was changed differently each other over time. The husband's support of the employed first-time mothers(M${\pm}$SD=64. 26${\pm}$8.63) was higher than the one of the nonemployed first-time mothers(M${\pm}$SD=59.16${\pm}$11.11) (t=-2.98, P=.0035), so the 3rd hypothesis that "there was the difference in the husband's support with regard to employment status and over time" was supported. On the basis of these conclusions, the following suggestion is proposed. This study examined the change and relationship between maternal role strain and husband's support in the employed and the nonemployed first-time mothers. So the further study regarding the comparison between the employed and the nonemployed multiparas is necessary.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.498-506
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to determine the stress and the dietary habits of elementary school children and assess the associations with mother's employment status. The subjects were 423 students of 5th and 6th grade students (210 boys and 213 girls) in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do. Two hundred fifty-two mothers had some kinds of job and 171 mothers were housewives. The students had stress the most from their studies/schoolwork (M = 2.37), while the least from "teacher/school" (M=1.51). The average stress score of the subjects was 1.76. The average score of dietary habits was 3.43. More specifically, the statement "not skipping breakfast" had the highest score (M = 4.04) and the statement "not substituting cereals, breads or drink milk for any meal" had the lowest score. Students with employed mothers had higher stress level than students with unemployed mothers. Students with employed mothers who have blue color job showed the lower dietary habits score than those with employed mothers who had other types of job. Students of employed mothers who go to school at dawn showed the lowest dietary habits score. In both employed and unemployed mothers, the stress score of students negatively correlated with the score of dietary habits. It was important for the mother to be at home when the students go to school and return. Based on this study, mothers should be aware of the stress level of their children get depending on their employment status. They should also provide their children to have good dietary habits and nutritional education regularly.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.389-397
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• 1989

도시 영세지역 취업여성들의 자녀양육에 어떤 문제점이 있는지 알아보기 위해 부산시 연산3동 영세민지역에 거주하는 여성 가운데 6세미만의 어린이가 있는 201명을 (비취업여성 150명, 취업여성 51명) 가정 방문하여 미리 준비된 설문지를 이용하여 1989년 4월 10일부터 1989년 5월 10일까지 어머니들과 직접 면접조사하였다. 취업여성들의-78.5%가 경제적 이유 때문에 취업하고 있었으며 31.4%가 주당 60-69시간을 근무하고 있었고 평균 월 수입이 10-19만원인 여성이 33.4%, 20-29만원이 25.4% 였다. 자녀들의 생후 6개월이내의 영양방법은 비취업여성의 66.0%가 모유를 준데 비해 취업여성에서는 49.0%로 취업여부와 수유방법 사이에 통계적으로 유의한 상관관계를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 모유수유를 하지 않은 이유는 비취업 여성은 58.9%가 젖이 부족해서 인데 비해 취업여성의 63.6%가 직장때문이었다. 자녀연령에 맞추어 접종해야 할 기본예방접종은 비취업여성의 82.0%가 완료된데 비해 취업여성은 70.5%가 완료되었으나 접종 여부와 취업여부와는 통계학적으로 유의한 상관관계는 아니었다. 자녀사고 경험률은 비취업여성이 17.3%인데 비해 취업여성은 23.5% 였으며, 사고의 종류는 비취업여성에서는 칼이나 장난감을 갖고 놀다가 다친 외상이 34.6%, 낙상이 26.9%인데 비해 취업여성은 교통사고, 낙상이 각각 25.0%였는데 교통사고는 14세 이하의 형이나 언니가 돌보는 중에 일어난 것이 많았다. 자녀사고 발생시 어머니가 하고 있었던 일은 비취업여성의 73.1%가 집에 있었는데 비해 취업여성의 경우 어머니가 직장에 있는 동안 사고가 난 경우가 58.3%였다. 취업여성들의 자녀관리방법은 집안의 어른(친척이나 조부모)이 돌보는 경우가 58.7%로 가장 많았고 14세이하의 형이나 언니가 돌보는 경우가 15.7%였으며 자녀관리자 없이 혼자 두는 경우가 3.9% 였다. 비취업여성중 48.0%가 아이를 맡길수만 있으면 취업하겠다고 하였다. 따라서 영세민의 경제적 자립을 도모하고 영유아의 보호와 건강증진을 위해 큰 경제적 부담없이 믿고 맡길 수 있는 탁아소나 유아교육시설이 절실히 요구된다고 하겠다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.95-106
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• 2016

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of authentic parental competence and awareness of early childhood educational community on the life satisfaction of mothers with preschoolers depending on mothers' employment status. Methods: A total of 238 mothers (98 employed, 130 unemployed) whose children were attending early childhood institutes participated in a survey measuring three variables. Results and Conclusion: The findings of the study were as follows: First, there were positive correlations between authentic parental competence, awareness of early childhood educational community, and life satisfaction, regardless of employment status. Second, comparing employed mothers with unemployed mothers, a common variable affecting life satisfaction was social competence, a sub-variable of authentic parental competence. Further, self-system competence, a sub-factor of authentic parental competence, influenced life satisfaction for employed mothers, and sharing core values, a sub-variable of awareness of the early childhood educational community, influenced life satisfaction for unemployed mothers.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.621-629
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• 2016

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.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experiences of grandmothers who provide child care services to their grandchildren and employed mothers who utilize child care by grandmothers, with regards to their relationships while exchanging the specific type of intergenerational support. The data for this study came from 42 in-depth, individual interviews with 21 pairs of employed mothers who had at least one child younger than elementary-school age and their mothers or mothers-in-law who had provided child care on a daily basis for their grandchildren. Our phenomenological analysis revealed that the grandmothers felt uncomfortable and overwhelmed when caring for their grandchildren and that they considered this activity to be different from caring for their own children by nature. However, the grandmothers wanted to help their adult children based on their feeling of "boo-mo-ma-eum" (meaning parental heart, i.e., love or care). The employed mothers perceived that they were substantially dependent on the grandmothers by receiving help with child care and housework. Reliance on grandmothers was inevitable and beneficial to these mothers. Dynamic intergenerational living arrangements enabled the dependent relationships. The grandmothers set specific boundaries pertaining to current and future child care so that they would not take on too much responsibility for child care. The mothers used various strategies that contributed to stable child care support from the grandmothers. Providing financial remuneration was an important strategy that had symbolic relational meanings, such as expressing gratitude, rather than financial meanings.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.63-79
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• 2015

본 연구는 어머니의 취업여부에 따른 가족환경의 제반여건이나 심리적, 물리적 환경이 어떻게 다른지 살펴보고, 어떤 요인들이 취업모와 비취업모의 결혼만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인인지 살펴보았다. 첫째, 어머니의 취업여부에 따른 가정환경 변인을 분석한 결과, 먼저 양육환경에서는 비취업모가 취업모에 비하여 양육스트레스가 높으며 남편의 양육협조를 받지 못했다. 또한, 어머니의 개인변인에서 취업모의 자아존중감이 비취업모에 비해 높은 편인 반면, 비취업모는 우울감 수준이 유의하게 높았다. 또한, 아버지 개인 변인에서 남편이 지각하는 부부갈등 수준이 아내가 취업한 경우에 높았다. 아동변인에서는, 비취업모가 자신의 자녀가 좀 더 부정적인 정서를 보이며 까다로운 편이라고 지각하는 것으로 나타났다. 취업모의 자녀가 발달 상태에 있어서는 정상발달 범주에 포함되는 비율이 더 높았다. 둘째, 부인의 취업여부와 관계없이 부부갈등은 결혼만족도에 유의한 부적영향을 미쳤으며, 남편의 양육협조와 남편의 결혼만족도는 부인의 결혼만족도에 정적영향을 미쳤다. 취업여성의 결혼 만족도에 영향을 미치는 변인으로 부인의 최종학력이 유의한 변수로 나타났다. 이 연구는 영아기 가정의 가정환경을 어머니의 취업여부를 중심으로 비교 모색하였고, 어떤 변수들이 영아기 자녀의 어머니의 결혼만족도에 영향을 미치는지 규명했다는 점에서 의의를 찾을 수 있겠다.

• 한국가족관계학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.87-109
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• 2017

Objectives: While employed mothers' use of maternity and parental leave has increased, the contexts that facilitate or hinder mothers' leave policy use have been under examined. The purpose of this study was to explore mothers' experiences of using maternity and parental leave. Method: Twenty-two mothers with young child under age three participated in this study. Results: All 22 mothers used maternity leave and 12 mothers used parental leave. Three main themes were identified: different experiences of maternity leave, experiences of parental leave, and skepticism about the leave policy but with some hope that it will improve. Regarding the mothers' experiences of maternity leave, the mothers thought that maternity leave was easily accessible but some mothers still felt guilty for using maternity leave. They also prepared for their work gap before the leave to avoid harming their colleagues. Accessibility to parental leave varied according to the characteristics of the organizations (i.e., family-friendly organization culture, supportive supervisor) and family contexts (i.e., availability of child care from family members, financial issues). The mothers perceived that while parental leave helps working mothers coordinate their family and work life, it is not as accessible as maternity leave in Korea. They suggested extending the maternity leave duration and improving accessibility to parental leave. Conclusions: These findings suggest that policy support is warranted to help employed mothers with young children remain in the workforce. This study also has implications for supporting employed mothers' work and family life.