정신지체아 어머니의 양육스트레스와 심리적 안녕감과의 관계 = Relationship between Maternal Stress and Psychological Wellbeing in Mothers who have Children with Mental Retardation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to pave the way for the development of extensive models geared toward predicting the relationship between maternal stress and psychological wellbeing in mothers who have children with mental retardation and for the development and application of another programs for the improvement of their psychological wellbeing. The subjects in this study were 224 mothers whose children were mentally retarded. How their maternal stress was linked to their psychological wellbeing was investigated, and the findings of the study were as follows:
First, the mothers who had children with mental retardation were different in maternal stress according to the characteristics of their own and children. Those who were younger, who were less educated and who were in the lower income brackets were under more pressure. The mothers who weren't working, whose children were more disabled and whose children were less educated were more stressed out as well.
Second, the mothers who had children with mental retardation were different in psychological wellbeing according to the characteristics of their own and children as well. Those who were older, who were better educated, who were small income earners, who were working, whose children were less disabled and whose children were in the upper grades excelled their counterparts in that regard.
Third, there was a strong correlation between the maternal stress and psychological wellbeing of the mothers. Specifically, social stress was most correlated to each part of the psychological wellbeing, followed by mental stress and physical stress.
Given the findings of the study, there are some suggestions about the relationship between the maternal stress and psychological wellbeing of mothers who have children with mental retardation:
First, it's ascertained that the mothers were under the influence of their own and children's characteristics in terms of maternal stress and psychological wellbeing. In order to ease their maternal stress and improve psychological wellbeing, a wide variety of formal backing programs should be offered in consideration of family environments and the characteristics of mothers and children.
Second, it's confirmed that less parenting stress led to better psychological wellbeing. So mothers who have children with mental retardation should be helped to benefit from more significant social support in order to boost the psychological wellbeing of disabled children, and parent education and counseling should be provided for them to take better advantage of their own resources and ability.
Third, what practical resources are available for them should be grasped first of all to develop good psychological wellbeing programs. As the focus of the study was placed on the relationship between mental stress and psychological wellbeing only, sustained research efforts should be channeled into finding out what additional factors affect them in the two regards and how to develop and utilize their resources available.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론 = 1
• 1. 연구의 의의 = 1
• 2. 연구의 목적 = 4
• 3. 용어의 정의 = 4
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 = 6
• 1. 정신지체아 가족의 특성 = 6
• 2. 정신지체아 어머니의 양육스트레스 = 10
• 3. 정신지체아 어머니의 심리적 안녕감 = 16
• 4. 양육스트레스와 심리적 안녕감과의 관계 = 23
• Ⅲ. 연구 방법 = 25
• 1. 연구 대상 = 25
• 2. 연구 도구 = 25
• 3. 연구 절차 = 27
• 4. 자료 처리 = 27
• Ⅳ. 연구 결과 = 29
• 1. 정신지체아 어머니의 양육스트레스 = 29
• 2. 정신지체아 어머니의 심리적 안녕감 = 36
• 3. 양육스트레스에 따른 심리적 안녕감 = 45
• Ⅴ. 결론 및 제언 = 53
• 1. 결론 = 53
• 2. 제언 = 53
• 참고문헌 = 55
• 영문초록 = 60
• 부록 = 62