Parenting Stress And Depression In Children Of Working Mother

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between parenting stress and depression in children of working mother. The sample of the study consisted of 100 respondents of whom 50 were mothers (Working Mothers = 25 and Non-working Mothers = 25) and 50 were their children (6 to 13 years of age). They were selected purposively from different coaching centers of Dhaka city. Bangla version of Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (Akhter and Afrose 2009) was used to measure parenting stress. Bangla version of Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) (Parvez and Afrose 2009) was used to measure depression in children. In addition, a personal Information blank was also used. The obtained data were analyzed by using t-test and Pearson product moment correlation. It was found that the stress of working mothers (67.68) was greater than non-working mothers (55.64); the depression in children of working mothers (55.88) was more than the children of non-working mothers (49.04). The results also indicated that working mothers and their children suffer from more stress and depression as compared to non working mothers and their children. The parenting stress was positively correlated (r=0.29, p <0.05) with children’s depression. The results indicate that with the increase of parenting stress, the depression of their children also increases. The Chittagong Univ. J. B. Sci.,Vol. 7(1 &2):151-165 , 2012