The purpose of this study was to investigate Korean Mothers'''''''' motherhood ideology and parent satisfaction. Especially, it tries to examine the relations of motherhood ideology and parent satisfaction among mothers with pre-school children.The su...
The purpose of this study was to investigate Korean Mothers'''''''' motherhood ideology and parent satisfaction. Especially, it tries to examine the relations of motherhood ideology and parent satisfaction among mothers with pre-school children.The subjects of this study were 236 mothers of children between 3 to 6 years old. The instruments used for this study were the ''''''''Motherhood Ideology''''''''(Hattery, 2001) and the modified version of ''''''''Parent Satisfaction Scale''''''''(PSS; Duke, Rose, & Halverson, 1997). In addition, numerous demographic background questions were asked. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, t-test, One-Way ANOVA, and Pearson''''''''s correlations.The major results of this study were as follows.First, the mothers with pre-school children reported a slightly higher mean score on the Motherhood Ideology; and the stay-at-home mothers had more intensive motherhood ideology than the employed mothers. In addition, age and educational level of the mothers explained motherhood ideology. That is, mothers who were older and lower level of educational background reported to have higher motherhood ideology.Second, the mothers with pre-school children reported a higher level of parental satisfaction. However, mothers'''''''' employment and socioeconomic variables did not explain parental satisfaction significantly.Third, there was an association between mothers'''''''' motherhood ideology and their parental satisfaction, only for those of stay-at-home mothers. That is, the stay-at-home mothers'''''''' motherhood ideology was positively related to parental satisfaction.