A Study of Korean Working Mothers with Infants: Implications for Research and Social Policy

Autor/in	Seo, So-Jung
Titel	A Study of Korean Working Mothers with Infants: Implications for Research and Social Policy
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 176 (2006) 5, S.479-492 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Infants; Child Rearing; Child Care; Mothers; Foreign Countries; Employed Women; Self Efficacy; Socioeconomic Status; Stress Variables; Educational Attainment; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Kindererziehung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Mother; Mutter; Ausland; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Korea; Republik
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine a broad range of variables that predict maternal self-efficacy with a sample of 92 Korean working mothers whose infants are cared for at non-maternal child care settings. In addition, differences between mothers of infants on welfare roll and their socioeconomic status (SES) counterparts (not on welfare) were investigated in the study variables of interest. Several important results were obtained. A unique variance in the maternal self-efficacy scores was found in both the individuals demographic variables (explained by maternal age and maternal education) and psychological state (explained by the mothers' perceived parenting stress). Also, significant differences were detected between the two subgroups by SES (on welfare versus not on welfare). The mothers living in poverty tended to report that they perceived more confidence in parenting than the mothers with higher SES. The mothers in poverty were more likely to be satisfied with their child's substitute care (non-maternal child care) than their SES counterparts. Implications for research and social policy were discussed. (Contains 5 tables and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10