유아 자녀를 둔 어머니 우울에 관한 연구 동향

Abstract

This study analyzed 102 papers published in domestic journals from 2009 to 2022 according to the year, research type and data analysis method, research subject, and research subject to understand domestic research trends related to depression of mothers with infant children. The analysis results show that first, more than three papers related to mother depression with infant children were published steadily every year between 2009 and 2022, and 54 papers (53%) were published between 2015 and 2018, and more studies were conducted than in other periods. Second, in terms of research type and data analysis method, quantitative research accounted for the highest proportion with 91 articles (89.2%), and major data analysis methods were structural equation models and regression analysis methods, 7 qualitative studies (6.9%), and 4 mixed studies (3.9%), showing a smaller proportion than quantitative studies. Third, by research subject, 88 papers (86.3%) targeting mothers from general families were the most common. Next, there were 7 papers targeting mothers with children with disabilities (6.9%), and 3 papers (2.9%) for multicultural families and low-income families, respectively. Fourth, in the research trend of each research topic, the most research on mother depression was conducted on the child variable, and the most research looked at the relationship between the child's developmental characteristics and mother's depression, followed by individual variables such as mother's psychosocial characteristics, couple variables, and family variables. Based on these results, the direction of further research related to mother depression was suggested.