| The Relationship between Psychological and Environmental Factors and Value of Children of Mothers with Young Children |
| Su-Bin Park1, Hee-Hwa Kim2 |
1Department of Home Economics Education , Pusan National University
2Department of Child Development & Family Studies·Research Institute of Ecology for the Elderly, Pusan National University |
| Corresponding Author:
Hee-Hwa Kim ,Tel: +82-51-510-2832, Fax: +82-51-513-7976, Email: hwakim@pusan.ac.kr |
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Received: April 1, 2012; Revised: April 4, 2012 Accepted: July 1, 2012. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in the value of children according to the demographic characteristics of mothers with young children. This was to examine the relationship between psychological and environmental factors, and the value of children to mothers with young children. The participants of this study were 237 mothers, who had young children. Descriptive statistics, t-test, F-test, and Pearson’s correlation analysis were used for data analysis. The results were as follows: First, the value of children was different according to the child’s factors (gender and number of children in the family, etc.), the mother’s factors (age and education, etc), and the family’s factors (household income and cost of bringing up the child). Second, familism is related to emotional value and instrumental value, parenting efficacy is related to emotional value and social value, children’s temperament is related to emotional value, and the value of children from mother’s reference group is related to emotional value and instrumental value, social value, and burdensome value. As for the implication of these findings, value of children from mother’s reference groups is important for changing the value of children of the mothers with young children. |
| Keywords:
value of children, familism, parenting efficacy, value of children from mother’s reference group |
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