1Department of Nursing, Kaya University, Gimhae, Korea. 2College of Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. 3Department of Nursing, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea. 4College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. 5Department of Nursing, Kongju National University, Health Industry Research Institute, Gongju, Korea. 6Full-time Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Hanseo University, Seosan, Korea. myhonors@hanseo.ac.kr
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify child-rearing practices and parenting efficacy of Marriage-Immigrant Women.
METHODS: The research design was a descriptive study using self-report questionnaires. Data were collected from May 16 to December 30, 2008. Marriage-immigrant women (n=186) were recruited in G Province, C Province and P city. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and correlation coefficients with SPSS 14.0 were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS: The mean score for child-rearing practices was 40.61+/-6.67 and there were significant differences in child-rearing practices by nationality, and Korean language ability. The mean score for parenting efficacy was 67.67+/-12.14 and there were significant differences in parenting efficacy by age, nationality, marital period, age of first child and Korean language ability. There were significant positive correlations between child-rearing practices and parenting efficacy (r=.227, p=.002).
CONCLUSION: In this study, marriage-immigrant women showed a moderate level of child-rearing practices and parenting efficacy. Because child-rearing is mainly the mother's role in the family, knowledge, attitudes to child-rearing and parenting efficacy of mothers influence child-rearing practices and these then, affect children's health.
Therefore child-rearing educational programs for marriage-immigrant women should be developed to support the mothers' child-rearing practices and improve parenting efficacy.
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