The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between maternal parenting stress, parenting behavior and school readiness of preschool children.
Participants were 114 six-year-olds(55 boys) and their mothers in Seoul and Kyounggi-do. Data...
The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between maternal parenting stress, parenting behavior and school readiness of preschool children.
Participants were 114 six-year-olds(55 boys) and their mothers in Seoul and Kyounggi-do. Data were collected using structured interview. The Preliminary School Readiness Scale developed by Park(2007) was used to assess school readiness. The Maternal Parenting Stress Scale developed by Shin(1997) and Mother's Parenting Behavior Scale developed by Hong(1994) were used to evaluate maternal parenting stress and parenting behavior.
Data were analyzed using Cronbach′s Alphas, frequencies, percentiles, means, standard deviations, t-tests, Pearson's product moment correlations and stepwise multiple regression analyses.
The main results were as follows:
1) Significant gender difference was found in school readiness, but maternal parenting stress or parenting behavior was not significantly different by the function of child gender.
2) Children's school readiness was related to maternal parenting behavior and parenting stress. Maternal parenting behavior on limit setting and intimacy was positively associated with children's school readiness. But maternal parenting stress on learning expectation was negatively associated with children's school readiness.
3) Among the influences of maternal parenting behavior and parenting stress on children's school readiness, maternal limit-setting behavior explained 9% of variance in children's school readiness. Specifically, maternal learning expectation stress explained 3.5% of variance in group activity of school readiness. Maternal limit-setting behavior explained 5.6% of variance in basic knowledge of daily life and 5.4% of variance in emotional competence of school readiness. Maternal learning expectation stress and maternal limit-setting behavior explained 11.2% of variance in learning activity of school readiness.