영아 보육 및 가족변인이 어머니의 양육행동에 미치는영향 = Infant Day-Care and Family Factors on Maternal Behavior

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Multiple features of infant day-care are explored, including age of entry, quantity, quality and stability of day-care. And relative contribution of day-care and family factors on maternal behaviors are examined. Data were gathered from 299 mothers who have infants aged under 36 months using self-report questionnaires. Results show that more than 40% infants enter day-care before 6 months of their life and about 85% of infants have far more than 30 hours of care a week. Half of the infants experience different day-care arrangements more than once. Compared to the other types of day-care, frequency of day-care arrangement change and quality of care are highest in private child-care centers. A series of Hierarchical regression results reveal that quality of day care is negatively related to mothers? control behavior whereas positively related to mothers? responsive behavior. But in general, family and child characteristics play a greater role in mothers? parenting behaviors than infant day-care characteristics.주제어(Key Words): 영아(Infant), 보육(Day-care), 양육행동(Parenting behavior)