This study was conducted to analyze working mother`s affectionate and authoritarian behavior according to social demographic variables. life satisfaction self -esteem. and job characteristics. Questionnaires were developed and administered to 152 wor...
This study was conducted to analyze working mother`s affectionate and authoritarian behavior according to social demographic variables. life satisfaction self -esteem. and job characteristics. Questionnaires were developed and administered to 152 working mothers with 5th and 6th emementary school graders in Gwangju City. The results of this study can be summarized as follows: First, there was no significant differences in working mothers` child-rearing behavior according to social demographic variables. Second. affectionate behavior showed a significant difference acardng to all sub-factors of self-esteem. and authoritarian behavior showed a significant difference only in moral behavior and self-value. Third, there was a significant dfference in both child-rearing behavior according to life satisfaction of working mothers. Fourth. according to pb-related variables. there was a significant difference in the affectionate behavior. but not in the authoritarian behavior. Fifth, moral behavior and self-value had significant positive influencies on mother`s affectionate behavior, and life satisfaction had negative influencies on authoritarian behavior.