Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine and compare caregiver stress and the factors that affect both the grandmothers providing childcare support and the working mothers entrusting their children in Korea. Data were collected from 130 households in which grandmothers took care of grandchildren under the age of six. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t‐test and hierarchy multiple regression analysis. Grandmothers providing childcare were found to experience a relatively higher level of caregiver stress. There were significant differences between the grandmothers and working mothers in terms of caregiver stress and family relationship. Self‐rated health condition, age, the number of grandchildren in care, and the quality of relationships with adult children were found to be predictable variables to grandmothers’ caregiver stress, Factors contributing to working mothers’ caregiver stress were of based on the quality of relationships with the grandmothers and social support. Based on these results, I discuss practical implications to ease caregiver stress in family members in households providing childcare support by grandparents.
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