영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육지식, 양육스트레스, 양육행동간의 종단적 관계

배아란,Bae, Ah Ran 한국보육지원학회 2022 한국보육지원학회지 Vol.18 No.5

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the causal relationship between parenting knowledge, parenting stress, and parenting behavior of mothers with infants and to confirm the longitudinal mediating effect of parenting stress in the relationship between parenting knowledge and parenting behavior. Methods: This study used data collected through the Panel Study on Korean Children from 2008 to 2010 and the participants were 1,444 mothers with infants. The data were analyzed through technical statistics, correlations and multivariate potential growth models using SPSS 28.0 and AMOS 26.0. Results: Parenting knowledge and parenting stress of mothers gradually increased, and positive parenting behavior gradually decreased. Having a lot of parenting knowledge reduced mother's parenting stress. Mother's parenting stress reduced positive parenting behavior, and as parenting stress increased, positive parenting behavior decreased significantly. However, the relationship between parenting knowledge and parenting behavior was not significant. In addition, the mediating effect of parenting stress was confirmed in the relationship between parenting knowledge and parenting behavior of mothers. Conclusion/Implications: The results of this study suggest the need to reduce parenting stress and promote positive parenting behavior along with the systematization of parent education programs in order for mothers with infants to acquire parenting knowledge.

영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스, 양육지식, 양육효능감과의 관계

방은주 이화여자대학교 이화어린이연구원 2018 영유아교육: 이론과 실천 Vol.3 No.2

The purpose of this study is to investigate general tendency of parenting stress, parenting knowledge, and parenting self-efficacy of mothers of infants and a relationship between parenting stress, knowledge, and self-efficacy, as well as seek efficient ways to improve their parenting efficacy. The study conducted a survey between April 7, 2018 and April 19 in Seoul that included 200 mothers with infant. The results of the study are as follows: First, a study of the overall trend of parenting stress, knowledge, and self-efficacy among mothers with infant children showed that the overall parenting stress, knowledge, and self-efficacy were all high. Second, after looking at the relationship between parenting stress, knowledge, and self-efficacy of mothers with infant children, the whole relationship between parenting stress and child care was an amulet correlation. Third, in the study of the effects of parenting stress, knowledge on the ability of mothers with infant children, parental role stress and parenting knowledge were affected throughout the child care system. Subsection skills, communication skills, and the ability to raise children were affected by parental role and knowledge, and parenting skills were influenced by parental knowledge and teaching skills. The results of this study suggest that parents’ education and parental counseling programs are necessary to reduce the stress on the parenting of mothers with infant children and to enhance the efficacy of parenting through parenting knowledge. 본 연구는 영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스, 양육지식, 양육효능감의 전반적인 경향과 양육 스트레스, 양육지식, 양육효능감의 관계 및 영향은 어떠한지 알아보고, 이를 통하여 영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육효능감을 향상시키기 위한 효율적인 방안을 연구하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 2018년 4월 7일부터 4월 19일까지 서울시에 소재한 국·공립 어린이집과 직장 어린이집의 영아기(만 1세, 만 2세) 자녀를 둔 어머니 200명을 대상으로 양육 스트레스, 양육지식, 양육효능감을 측정하는 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스, 양육지식, 양육효능감의 전반적 경향을 살펴본 결과, 양육 스트레스, 양육지식, 양육효능감 모두 전반적으로 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스, 양육지식, 양육효능감과의 관계를 살펴본 결과, 양육 스트레스와 양육효능감 전체와 하위요소는 부적상관을 나타냈으며, 양육지식과 양육효능감 전체와 하위요소는 정적상관을 나타냈다. 셋째, 영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스, 양육지식이 양육효능감에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 결과, 양육효능감 전체에서는 부모역할 스트레스와 양육지식이 영향을 주었다. 양육효능감의 하위요소별로는 전반적인 양육능력, 의사소통능력, 건강하게 양육하는 능력에는 부모역할 스트레스와 양육지식이 영향을 주었으며, 훈육능력에는 양육지식이, 학습지도능력에는 부모역할 스트레스가 영향을 주었다. 본 연구결과는 영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스를 감소시키고, 양육지식을 통해 양육효능감을향상시킬 수 있도록 부모교육 및 부모상담 프로그램이 필요함을 시사한다.

양육스트레스, 양육지식이 양육효능감에 미치는 영향

송연숙(Song Yeon-Sook),김영주(Kim Young-Joo) 한국열린유아교육학회 2008 열린유아교육연구 Vol.13 No.3

본 연구는 영유아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육효능감 양육스트레스, 양육지식을 비교하고 그 관련성 및 설명력을 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 U시의 영유아기 자녀를 둔 600명 어머니를 대상으로 일반적 특성 양육효능감 양육스트레스 양육지식 검사를 실시하였으며 최종 458명이 선정되었다. 연구결과 첫째, 어머니의 양육효능감은 영유아기의 발달단계에 따라 유의미한 차이를 보였으며, 유아기 어머니의 양육효능 감이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째 양육스트레스 또한 영유아지의 발달단계에 따라 유의미한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 연령이 어린 자녀를 지닐수록 어머니는 더 많은 양육스트레스를 경험하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 양육지식 또한 영유아기 발달단계에 따라 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 유아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육지식이 더 높게 나타났다. 넷째 영유아기 어머니 모두 양육효능감은 양육스트레스와 부적 상관을 보며 양육효능감이 높을수록 양육스트레스는 감소하였다. 양육지식은 영유아기 모두 양육효능감과 상관을 보였으나 영유아기에 따라 부분적으로 다른 양상을 보였다. 영아기의 경우 정서 신체 발달지식 순으로 나타난 반면 유아기는 정서 인지와 사회성 발달지식 순으로 나타났고 정서발달지식은 영유아기 모두 양육효능감과 가장 높은 상관을 보였다. 다섯째, 영유아기 어머니의 양육효능감을 설명함에 있어 양육스트레스와 양육지식 모두 유의미한 변인이었으며 하위 영역에 따라서는 영유아기의 발달단계에 따라 부분적인 차이를 보였다. 영아기에는 정서발달지식 자녀의 까다로운 기질 역능적인 상호작용이 유아기에는 자녀의 까다로운 기질, 부모의 고통 신체발달지식 정서발달지식 순으로 양육효능감을 설명하는 주요 변인으로 나타났다. The purpose of this study was to explore the difference between mother's parenting self-efficacy, parenting stress, and parenting knowledge according to development stages of infant and early childhood, and to investigate related variable effects on mother's parenting self-efficacy. Subjects of this study were 458 mothers of children aged I to 5 in Ulsan area. The measures were mother's parenting self-efficacy, parenting stress, and parenting knowledge. The findings of this study were as follows. First, the mother's parenting self-efficacy was significantly different according to the development stage. Parenting self-efficacy of early childhood mothers indicated higher than that of infant mothers. Second, the mother's parenting stress was significantly different according to the development stage. Parenting stress of infant mothers indicated higher than that of early childhood mothers. Third, the mother's parenting knowledge was significantly different according to the development stage. Parenting stress of early childhood mothers indicated higher than that of infant mothers. Fourth, with regard to the relationship between mother's parenting self-efficacy and parenting stress, all sub-factors of parenting self-efficacy and parenting stress showed a significant negative correlation. Relationship between mother's parenting knowledge and parenting self-efficacy showed a significant correlation but indicated partially different types according to development stages of infant and early childhood. Fifth, According to the result from the regression analysis to grasp what variables would affect mother's parenting self-efficacy parenting stress and parenting knowledge influenced mother's parenting self-efficacy which explained 30% of variables in both development stages of infant and early childhood.

결혼이주 어머니와 선주민 어머니의 양육행동 비교

정선영(Sun Young Jung),정현숙(Hyun Sook Chung) 한국아동복지학회 2012 한국아동복지학 Vol.- No.38

본 연구는 결혼이주 어머니와 선주민 어머니의 양육신념과 양육지식이 양육행동의 차이에 어떠한 영향을 미치며, 양육신념과 양육지식 및 선행연구에서의 관련 요인들을 통제했을 때 결혼이주 어머니와 선주민 어머니의 양육행동에 어떠한 차이가 있는지 살펴보았다. 미취학 자녀가 있는 결혼이 주 어머니와 선주민 어머니를 대상으로 자료를 수집하고 구조방정식을 이용하여 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 결혼이주 어머니와 선주민 어머니 간에 아동의 의사를 존중하는 현대적 양육신념의 차이는 발견되지 않았다. 둘째, 현대적 양육신념은 규칙과 자율을 중시하는 양육행동에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 양육지식은 양육신념에 영향을 미쳤다. 넷째, 모든 조건이 동일할 때 결혼이주 어머니는 선주민 어머니에 비해 양육 지식의 수준이 낮았다. 다섯째, 모든 조건이 동일할 때 선주민 어머니는 결혼이주 어머니에 비해 규칙과 자율을 강조하는 양육행동의 수준이 높았다. 이러한 결과에 기초하여 본 연구에서는 결혼이주 어머니와 자녀의 적응을 지원하는 접근방법을 제시하였다. This study aims to explore the effects of parenting beliefs and parenting knowledge on parenting behaviors among marriage-immigrant mothers and native-born mothers and to examine whether there are differences in parenting behaviors between the two groups. Using data collected from marriage-immigrant and native-born mothers with children younger than 7 years, this study employed structural equation modeling. The findings are as follows. First, no significant difference was found between two groups in modern parenting beliefs where parents respect children`s views and opinions. Second, the level of modern parenting beliefs positively affected parenting behaviors which emphasize autonomy and rules. Third, the level of parenting knowledge was positively associated with the level of modern parenting beliefs. Fourth, the level of parenting knowledge was significantly lower among marriage-immigrant mothers than native-born mothers. Fifth, native-born mothers showed higher levels of parenting behaviors emphasizing autonomy and rules compared to marriage-immigrant mothers. Based on these findings, this study suggests intervention approaches that improve adjustment of marriage-immigrant mothers and their children.

영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육지식 및양육스타일에 관한 연구

서진영,이주연 한국보육지원학회 2013 한국보육지원학회지 Vol.9 No.6

The main purposes of this study were to analyze the moderating effect of parentingknowledge in the relationship between socio-demographic factors and parenting style. This study was conducted with the data from 'Panel Study Korean Children(2009).’Among the original data, a sample of 1,637 mothers with infants ranged from 13 to 18months old was selected. The results of this study were as follows. First, there weresignificant differences in child's birth-order, mother's education level, and monthlyfamily income. Second, there was a statistically significant difference in the parentingstyle of mothers in their parenting knowledge. That is, the mother with a high scorein parenting knowledge reported more positive parenting style. Lastly, the interactioneffects between socio-demographic variables and parenting knowledge on parentingstyle were statistically significant only with the variables such as child’s birth-orderand mother’s education level. The mothers who cared for their first child and got ahigh score in parenting knowledge showed the most desirable parenting style, and themothers whose educational level was under high school graduation and parentingknowledge score was low reported the lowest score in parenting style. These resultssuggest parenting knowledge should be subject-specifically provided as the differencesin socio-demographic variables.

부모-자녀관계 조화, 부모역할수행, 양육지식이 양육효능감에 미치는 영향

최금미(Choi Keum Mi),류정희(Lyu Jeong Hee) 한국학부모학회 2018 학부모연구 Vol.5 No.1

본 연구는 부모-자녀관계 조화, 부모역할수행, 양육지식이 청소년기 자녀를 둔 부모의 양육효능감에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 탐색하였다. 이를 위해 광주․전남지역에 거주하고 있는 청소년 자녀를 둔 어머니 총 256명을 대상으로 부모-자녀관계 조화, 부모역할수행, 양육지식, 양육효능감 척도를 활용하여 자료를 수집하였다. 수집한 자료는 상관분석과 중다회귀분석을 실시하여 검증하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 부모-자녀관계 조화 하위요인 중 조화행동, 조화정서, 조화신체가 양육효능감에 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 부모역할수행 하위요인 중 훈육, 보호, 애정, 학업진로, 정서지도가 양육효능감에 영향을 미쳤다. 셋째, 부모의 양육지식 중 자녀와의 갈등 원인을 알기 위한 대화 기술, 자녀의 학교생활 향상을 위해 필요한 지식, 부모 자신 스스로의 자아 탐색, 자녀가 가족들과 관계를 원만히 하는데 필요한 지식이 양육효능감에 영향을 미쳤다. 이 연구는 부모-자녀관계 조화, 부모역할 수행, 양육지식이 양육효능감에 미치는 영향을 구체적으로 살펴보았다는데 의의가 있다. 이 연구를 통해 얻어진 결과에 근거하여, 부모의 양육효능감 향상을 위한 부모상담 및 부모교육 프로그램 개발에 대한 시사점을 논하였다. In this study, we explored how sub factors of parent-child relationships harmony, the performance of the role of parent, and parenting knowledge influence on the parenting efficacy with young children. The subject is a total of 256 mothers with children aged 11~19 living in Gwangju and Jeonnam provinces. The results of the study are as follows. First, the relationship between parent-child relationships and parenting efficacy shows that harmonic emotion, harmonic behavior, and harmonious body affect the parenting efficacy. Second, the relationship between the performance of the role of parent and the parenting efficacy shows that the performance of the role of the parent related to discipline, protection, emotional guidance, affection, and academic career would affect the parenting efficacy. Third, the relationship between parenting knowledge and parenting effectiveness shows that the communication skills to understand the causes of conflict with children, the knowledge needed to improve children s school life, their own self-discovery, and the knowledge that children need to make family relationship better affect the parenting efficacy. Theoretical implications of the results were discussed. In addition, practical implications for the development of intervention programs for parents were presented.

Intervention Effect on Health Efficacy and Knowledge in Cardiovascular Health Promotion Behaviors in Children

탁영란,윤이화 한국보건교육건강증진학회 2009 보건교육건강증진학회지 Vol.26 No.5

Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the intervention effects on health efficacy and health knowledge related to health behaviors for improving cardiovascular health in elementary school children. Methods: A repeated measure, pre-post-test design was used to identify the intervention effect on health efficacy and health knowledge among 5th grade school children. Intervention consisted of a curriculum classroom intervention and parent intervention. Health efficacy, health knowledge, and perceived parental monitoring were measured for testing intervention effect. A sample of 219 participants completed a baseline pre-test and two tests during intervnetion and after intervention from March to July 2004. Results: Mental health efficacy improved significantly from baseline test to the test after intervention (F = 32.88, p < 0.0001). Physical health efficacy also significantly increased during intervention (F = 50.51, p < 0.0001), but did not significantly change after parent intervention. Health knowledge increased significantly from baseline test to the test after education (F =10.23, p < 0.0001), but decreased after parent intervention. Perceived parental monitoring had a significant impact on mental health efficacy and physical health efficacy. Conclusion: The findings support school-based cardiovascular health promotion intervention as effective in improving health efficacy and health knowledge. Parental influence should also be considered to maintain improved health efficacy and health knowledge by thinking process in the intervention for elementary school children. Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the intervention effects on health efficacy and health knowledge related to health behaviors for improving cardiovascular health in elementary school children. Methods: A repeated measure, pre-post-test design was used to identify the intervention effect on health efficacy and health knowledge among 5th grade school children. Intervention consisted of a curriculum classroom intervention and parent intervention. Health efficacy, health knowledge, and perceived parental monitoring were measured for testing intervention effect. A sample of 219 participants completed a baseline pre-test and two tests during intervnetion and after intervention from March to July 2004. Results: Mental health efficacy improved significantly from baseline test to the test after intervention (F = 32.88, p < 0.0001). Physical health efficacy also significantly increased during intervention (F = 50.51, p < 0.0001), but did not significantly change after parent intervention. Health knowledge increased significantly from baseline test to the test after education (F =10.23, p < 0.0001), but decreased after parent intervention. Perceived parental monitoring had a significant impact on mental health efficacy and physical health efficacy. Conclusion: The findings support school-based cardiovascular health promotion intervention as effective in improving health efficacy and health knowledge. Parental influence should also be considered to maintain improved health efficacy and health knowledge by thinking process in the intervention for elementary school children.

영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스: 어머니의 취업 여부와 양육지식, 영아의 성별과 기질을 중심으로

김민정(Min Jeong Kim),김소영(So Young Kim),이경옥(Kyung Ok Lee) 한국보육학회 2020 한국보육학회지 Vol.20 No.2

본 연구에서는 영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스와 관련하여 어머니의 취업 여부, 양육지식, 영아의 성별, 기질 간의 관계를 살펴보고 어머니의 양육 스트레스에 대한 상대적 설명력을 검토하였다. 이를위해 18개월~36개월의 영아를 자녀로 둔 취업모(87명)와 비취업모(98명) 185명을 대상으로 양육 스트레스, 양육지식과 더불어 영아의 기질을 조사하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 어머니의 취업 여부와 영아의 성별에 따른 양육 스트레스의 차이를 살펴본 결과, 취업모가 비취업모 보다 양육 스트레스가 더 높았으나 영아의 성별에 따른 어머니 양육 스트레스의 차이는 없었다. 둘째, 영아의 기질 중 부정적 정서를 높게 인식하고 의도적 통제를 낮게 인식할수록 어머니의 양육 스트레스가 높아졌으며, 어머니의 양육지식 중 정서발달에 대한 지식이 많을수록 어머니의 양육 스트레스는 낮았다. 셋째, 동시적 회귀분석을 통해 어머니의 양육 스트레스에 있어 영아의 성별과 기질 및 어머니의 양육지식과 취업 여부의 상대적 설명력을 살펴본 결과, 영아의 기질 중 부정적 정서와 의도적 통제가 중요한 변수임을 알수 있었으며, 특히 어머니의 취업 여부와 어머니의 양육지식이 ‘타인양육에 대한 죄책감’에 중요한 변수로 드러났다. 본 연구를 통해 어머니의 양육 스트레스를 감소시키기 위해서는 어머니가 자녀의 기질을 잘 이해하고, 양육지식을 습득할 수 있도록 지원하여야 하며, 취업모와 비취업모의 양육 스트레스를 고려하여 다양한 지원이 요구됨을 알 수 있었다. Objective: This study investigated the relationship between mother"s employment status, parenting knowledge, infant gender and temperament in relation to the infancy parenting stress, and examined the unique contribution of these variables to parenting stress. Methods: Subjects were 185 employed and unemployed mothers with infants aged 18-36 months. The data was analyzed using SPSS 18.0 to perform mean and standard deviation, two-way ANOVA, effect size, correlation, and regression analysis. Results: First, the parenting stress of employed mothers was higher than that of non-employed mothers, but there was no difference in parenting stress according to the gender of infants. Second, infant temperament and parenting stress were closely related: the higher the negative affectivity and the lower the effortful control, the higher the parenting stress. Also, among the mother"s parenting knowledge, the more knowledge about emotional development, the lower the mother"s parenting stress. Third, simultaneous regression analysis investigated the unique contribution of these variables to parenting stress. As a result, we found the importance of their child"s temperament, mother"s employment status, and mother"s parenting knowledge. Among infant teperament, negative affectivity and effortful control were important factors in mother"s parenting stress, and mother"s employment status and knowledge of parenting proved to be important variables in parenting guilt. Conclusion/Implications: Therefore, it is necessary to accurately understand and understand the nature of infants, and to reduce the social awareness of the traditional mother"s role in reducing guilt about other people"s parenting, and to reduce the mother"s parenting stress, it suggests that mothers should be able to understand their child"s temperament well and help in different approaches depending on whether the mother is employed or not.

청소년의 자기개방과 부모인지 사이의 자기회귀 교차지연 효과 검증

최정아 한국청소년학회 2011 청소년학연구 Vol.18 No.12

The purpose of this study is to examine the reciprocal relationship between parental knowledge and adolescent disclosure of early adolescents. More specifically, this study developed and empirically tested an autoregressive cross-lagged model where longitudinal relations between the variables across time in ways that prior parental knowledge leads to subsequent parental knowledge and adolescent disclosure, and vice versa. In addition, the potential moderating effect of adolescent gender in the relations among constructs using multigroup analysis. The data of 2,844 adolescents from Korea Youth Panel Survey(KYPS) of 4th graders who were followed for 5 years were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results suggested that both prior parental knowledge and adolescent disclosure had significant effects on subsequent parental knowledge and adolescent disclosure respectively. Although prior parental knowledge didn't affect subsequent adolescent disclosure, prior adolescent disclosure affected subsequent parental knowledge. In addition, there was no gender differences in the relations among constructs. These results imply that improving adolescent disclosure is required to reinforce parental knowledge. 본 연구에서는 초기 청소년기의 부모인지와 자기개방 간의 종단적 상호관계를 밝히고자 이 두 변인들에 대한 자기회귀 교차지연 모형(autoregressive cross-lagged model)을 구성하고 한국청소년패널(KYPS) 초등학교 4학년 1~5차년도 데이터에 대하여 구조방정식을 이용하여 성별에 따른 다집단 분석을 실행하였다. 분석 결과, 초기 청소년기의 이전 시점의 부모인지와 자기개방은 이후 시점의 부모인지 및 자기개방에 유의한 영향을 미쳐 안정성을 띠는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 이전 시점의 부모인지는 이후 시점의 자기개방에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 반면, 이전 시점의 자기개방은 이후 시점의 부모인지에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었으며, 이러한 연구모형의 경로에서의 유의한 성차는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과에 근거하여 초기 청소년기의 부모인지 수준을 향상시킬 수 있는 요인으로서 청소년 자기개방의 중요성이 강조되었으며, 이와 관련된 함의가 제시되었다.

1세-3세 영유아를 둔 어머니의 양육 지식과 양육 스트레스

김영주(Kim Youngjoo),송연숙(Song Yunsook) 한국열린유아교육학회 2007 열린유아교육연구 Vol.12 No.4

본 연구에서는 1세-3세 영유아를 둔 어머니를 대상으로 어머니의 양육 지식괴 양육 스트레스와의 관계를 알아보았다. 연구 대상은 U시 영아전담 보육시설에 자녀를 보내는 1세-3세 영유아의 어머니 234명이었다. 연구방법은 질문지법이었다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 1세-3세 영유아를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스는 그리 높지 않은 편이었으며, 또한 자녀 양육 지식은 낮은 편이었다. 둘째, 어머니의 스트레스는 어머니의 연령과 가계 수입에 따라 차이가 있었다. 또한 자녀 양육 지식은 어머니의 학력에 따라 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 셋째, 자녀 양육 스트레스와 자녀 양육 지식은 부적인 상관관계를 나타냈다. 넷째, 1세-3세 영유아를 둔 어머니의 양육 스트레스에 영향을 미치는 각 변인들의 상대적인 영향력을 살펴 본 결과, 자녀 양육 지식이 유의미한 변수로 나타났다. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between the mother's parenting stress with her infant and the level of knowledge that mother have on child development. The subjects of the study were 234 mothers who committed their infants to 10 child-care facilities in U city. The analysis of the collected data resulted in the following findings. A summary follows: First, the mother's parenting stress with her infant was a little lower than median and the mother's parenting knowledge was lower than the median. Second, the mother's parenting stress was significantly different according to age and monthly income. But there was no statistically significant difference according to the vocation and the order of birth and mother's academic background. Mother's parenting knowledge had no significant difference according to the age and the academic background. But the higher the mother's monthly income was, the higher her knowledge about infants. Third, there was a statistically negative correlation between the mother's parenting stress and the level of mother's knowledge about infant. Finally the variable that influenced the mother's parenting stress was the level of mother's knowledge about infants. The results of the research on the relative influence of the variables on the mother's parenting stress is expected to be useful for infants' nursing and for educational program for infants' parents.