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The Study of Variable Affecting Depression of the mothers of the child with the developmental disability

01 Jan 2006-Vol. 10, Iss: 1, pp 100-118
About: The article was published on 2006-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Depression (differential diagnoses) & Social support.
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01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the factors influencing maternal depression in low-income families with young children and found that marital conflict was the strongest predictor of maternal depression, while self-esteem, parenting stress, marital conflict, father involvement in child rearing, social support and family life event were assessed with questionnaires.
Abstract: Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing maternal depression in lowincome families with young children. Methods: The study consisted of 376 mothers in low-income families from participants enrolled in the population-based study of 2011 PSKC by Korea Institute of Child Care and Education. The factors including depression, self-esteem, parenting stress, marital conflict, father involvement in child rearing, social support, and family life event were assessed with questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted by description analysis, partial correlation, and hierarchical regression using SPSS 22.0 program. Results: The results showed that 10.6% of mothers were in severe depressive group in this study. Also the result revealed that marital conflict was the strongest predictor of maternal depression. Conclusion: The results suggest that mothers with young children in low-income families especially had difficulty with depression due to family related factors. Implications included the need to support mothers and develop intervention programs focusing on family relationships in order to improve and sustain mental health.

5 citations


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  • ...우울에 미치는 영향력에 관한 연구는 만성적인 장애가 있는 자녀를 둔 어머니를 대상 으(Lee & Lim, 2006) 로 하거나 산후의 어머니를 대상으로 한 연구, (Ahn & 가 주를 이루고 있으므로 만 세를 전후로Oh, 2006) 3 한유아기자녀를둔어머니의양육스트레스의영향력에 대해 알아볼 필요가 있다 또한 양육스트레스와 우울간....

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Journal ArticleDOI
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the factors influencing maternal depression in low-income families with young children and found that marital conflict was the strongest predictor of maternal depression, while self-esteem, parenting stress, marital conflict, father involvement in child rearing, social support and family life event were assessed with questionnaires.
Abstract: Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing maternal depression in lowincome families with young children. Methods: The study consisted of 376 mothers in low-income families from participants enrolled in the population-based study of 2011 PSKC by Korea Institute of Child Care and Education. The factors including depression, self-esteem, parenting stress, marital conflict, father involvement in child rearing, social support, and family life event were assessed with questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted by description analysis, partial correlation, and hierarchical regression using SPSS 22.0 program. Results: The results showed that 10.6% of mothers were in severe depressive group in this study. Also the result revealed that marital conflict was the strongest predictor of maternal depression. Conclusion: The results suggest that mothers with young children in low-income families especially had difficulty with depression due to family related factors. Implications included the need to support mothers and develop intervention programs focusing on family relationships in order to improve and sustain mental health.

5 citations