취업모의 일-가정 양립 이점 및 갈등과 초등학교 1학년 자녀의 문제행동 간의 관계 : 부부갈등, 온정적 양육 및 집행기능 곤란의 다중 매개효과

Abstract

This study identified the multiple mediating roles of marital conflict, maternal warmth, and children’s executive function difficulties in the relationships between working mothers’ work-family enrichment and conflict and first-grade elementary school children’s behavioral problems. Data was collected from 558 first-grade students enrolled in elementary schools and their working mothers, who participated in the Panel Study on Korean Children. A structural equation modeling analysis revealed that although mothers’ work-family enrichment and conflict did not directly influence their children’s behavioral problems, some multiple mediating processes were identified. Specifically, mothers’ work-family enrichment and conflict, respectively, was indirectly related to their children’s behavioral problems through (1) the dual mediation by marital conflict and children’s executive function difficulties; (2) the dual mediation by marital conflict and maternal warmth; (3) the serial mediation by marital conflict, maternal warmth, and children’s executive function difficulties. Furthermore, mothers’ work-family enrichment alone was indirectly related to children’s behavioral problems through (4) the mediation by maternal warmth; (5) the dual mediation by maternal warmth and children’s executive function difficulties. Additionally, the results of this study indicated that the positive spillover and crossover processes of work-family enrichment on family relationships and children were stronger than the negative ones of work-family conflict. Finally, the present study suggests that organizational support is required for enhancing working mothers’ work-family enrichment, and there is a need for counseling programs to help the mothers manage the stress which arises from the process of juggling work and family life.