장애아 어머니의 양육 스트레스에 관한 생태학적 연구 = An Ecological Study on Parenting Stress of Mothers with Handicapped Children

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of the study was to investigate parenting stress of mothers with handicapped children. The study employed an ecological model. Data were collected from 142 mothers of handicapped children enrolled in early childhood education classes at welfare facilities in Seoul, Korea.The main results of the study were as follows :1. The parenting stress of subject mothers was at a severe level.2. The hierarchical regression analysis yielded the results that mother?s depression(b=.383, p<.001), the degree of child?s handicap(b=.307, p<.001), child?s age(b=.274, p<.01), and mother?s participation at parent education program(b=.176, p<.05) were significant factors in explaining mothers? parenting stress. The research model explained 45% of variance.주제어(Key Words): 장애아(handicapped child), 장애아 어머니(mothers with a handcapped child), 양육 스트레스(parenting stress), 생태학적 접근(an ecological approach)