This study, based on a survey of 487 parents of preschool children, examines the relationships among a father`s childrearing involvement, a mother`s husband-wife relationship, and a mother`s childrearing stress. The chief findings of this study are: ...
This study, based on a survey of 487 parents of preschool children, examines the relationships among a father`s childrearing involvement, a mother`s husband-wife relationship, and a mother`s childrearing stress. The chief findings of this study are: (1) a father`s childrearing involvement is negatively related to a mother`s childrearing stress. (2) A mother`s husband-wife relationship mediates the relationship between the father`s childrearing involvement and the mother`s childrearing stress. That is, a mother`s husband-wife relationship predicts higher mother childrearing stress. (3) A father`s childrearing involvement indirectly influences a mother`s childrearing stress through the medium of the husband-wife relationship.