직장어린이집 이용만족도와 부모의 결혼만족도가 양육스트레스에 미치는 영향

초록

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences from the user satisfaction in the employer-supported child care centers(later ESCCC) and the marital satisfaction(later MS), on parenting stress(later PS) among the working parents with young children. To accomplish the research purpose, a survey data set drawn from 195 individuals whose children in their infancy and early childhood attending at 7 ESCCC in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. By using SPSS, descriptive statistics, correlations, stepwise and multiple regressions were analyzed. The findings from this study showed, parental satisfaction in ESCCC and their MS levels were high while their PS levels were low. PS was negatively correlated to MS as well as parental satisfaction in ESCCC at the statistically significant level. Also, MS and parental satisfaction in ESCCC were positively correlated to each other. The results from the series regression models showed, after controlling for the child age and sex, parental satisfaction in ESCCC and MS significantly predicted parenting stress among the working parents. Especially the models with working mothers showed large explanation power of PS models than those with working fathers. It was concluded that the family friendly work environments such as ESCCC might promote working parents’ well-being by supporting their parenting as well as marital relationships. Also, the importance of ESCCC in terms of expansion in quantities and qualities was emphasized.

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