유아기 자녀를 둔 어머니의 공감능력과 양육효능감이 심리적 안녕감에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study attempted to investigate the effect of empathy ability and parenting efficacy on psychological well-being of mothers with young children. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 276 mothers of child aged 3 to 5 years old at institutions located in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Daegu, and Gyeongsangbuk-do. The collected data were the SPSS 28.0 program, and descriptive statistics analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were conducted. As the main results, first, there was a significant positive correlation between the mother's psychological well-being, empathy ability, and parenting efficacy. Second, it was found that the mother's empathy ability and parenting efficacy both affected psychological well-being, and the total explanatory power of these factors was about 57%. Among the sub-factors, emotional empathy among the mother's empathy ability and parenting efficacy, love efficacy and overall efficacy were found to be influencing factors. The relative explanatory power of these factors for psychological well-being is overall parenting efficacy, Emotional Empathy, Love. It was predicted to be large in order of factors. In order to promote, mothers themselves recognize the importance of efforts to enhance empathy and develop parenting efficacy in mother-child interactions or other interpersonal relationships. This suggests the need to develop and distribute parental counseling or parent education programs that can support this.