정신지체아 어머니의 부담감과 사회적지지, 가족기능에 관한연구 = Subjective Burden, Social Support, and Family Functioning in Mothers of Mentally Handicapped Children

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This Study attempted to identify the level of subjective burden, social support, and family functioning in mothers of children who are mentally handicapped, and to determine whether social support and family strength is an effective strategy for subjective burden relief in these mothers.
The instruments used for this study were The Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ Part II) developed by Brandt and Weinert, and a modified Subjective Burden Scale based on Montgomery.
The subjects for the study were 67 mothers of children who are mentally handicapped, being educated at two Special Schools for handicapped children in Taejon.
The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS program, and the data were tested using means, frequencies, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression.
The result of this study was as follows ;
1. The mean score of subjective burden, for the mothers of the mentally handicapped children, as measured by the Questionnaire, was 49.2 of a possible total of 75.
2. The mean score of perceived social support, for the mothers of the mentally handicapped children, as measured by the Questionnaire was 86.5 of a possible total of 125.
3. The mean score of the family functioning actual, for the mothers of the mentally handicapped children, as measured by the Questionnaire, was 82.1 of a possible total of 147.
4. The mean score of the family strength for the mothers of the mentally handicapped children, as measured by the Questionnaire was 3.56 of a possible total of 5.
5. The correlation coefficient of subjective burden and family strength was statistically significant (r=.3700, p=0.001).
The correlation coefficient of social support and family strength was statistically significant (r=.4843, p = 0.0000).
In conclusion, family strength and social support is considered a factor in the relief of subjective burden. Therefore in order to give supportive nursing care to these mothers and to increase their subjective burden helps them to have a better quality of life, nurse's should identify and understand the subjective burden of mothers of children who are mentally handicapped.