As a descriptive survey, this study was attempted to study of parent's stress and coping of the first grade were collected from 160 pairs parent who have first grade elementary school children at Chungbuck, Okchun.
Data were collected from June, 26, ...
As a descriptive survey, this study was attempted to study of parent's stress and coping of the first grade were collected from 160 pairs parent who have first grade elementary school children at Chungbuck, Okchun.
Data were collected from June, 26, 1998 to July, 10, 1998.
The tools used for this study were general stress, parental role stress, ways of coping.
The data were analyzed by using an SPSS PC+ program and included percentage, mean, SD, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient.
The results of the analysis were as follows;
1. There was statistically significant difference in parent's general stress(t=3.57, p=0.000).
2. Mother had higher score than father in parental stress score but, not significant difference.
3. There was statistically significant difference in parent's problem oriented coping(t=1.98, p=0.049). There was not statistically significant difference in parent's emotional oriented coping.
4. There was statistically significant difference in father's general stress according to spouse satisfaction(F=3.464, p=0.035) and there was ststistically significant difference in father's parental role stress job(t=2.843, p=0.006), spouse satisfaction(F=5.405, p=0.006), family structure(t=-2.81, p=0.006).
5. There was statistically significant difference in mother's general stress according to perceived health status(F=4.111, p=0.019) and there was statistically significant difference in mother's parental role stress according to perceived health status(F=3.138, p=0.047) spouse satiafaction(F=4.137, p=0.019).
6. In comparison with total means of each coping level in coping method were different problem oriented coping(M=2.30) was statistically significant different from emotional oriented coping(M=2.22), therefore both parents have used problem oriented coping rather than emotional oriented coping(t=3.182, p=0.002).
7. Total stress was staistically correlated with emotional oriented coping(r=0.210, p=0.002). General stress was statistically correlated with emotional oriented coping(r=0.206, p=0.002).
The above findings indicate that the mothers experience of stress is greater than the fathers. There was statistically significant difference in parental stress score but, not significant difference. Nursing intervention for managing stress and improving coping abilities should be provided for parents.