Analysis of Relationship between Infants ’ Emotionality Temperament and Parenting Stress in Terms of Interaction Effects of Maternal Factors 울산대학 교 아동·가정복지학과

This study investigated the relationship between infants ’ temperament and mothers ’ parenting stress. This investigation is done by focusing on the interaction effects between the infants ’ temperament and maternal factors. A total of 1,120 infants and their mothers from a national sample were selected as suejects for carrying this investigation. The EAS (Emotionality, Activity and Sociality) Temperament Survey for Children: Parental Ratings was used to measure the infants ’ emotionality temperament, and PSI-SF(Parenting Stress Index-Short Form), KMSS(Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale) and a survey on socio-demographic variables were used for the maternal factors. Two-way ANOVA revealed that the parenting stress was significantly different according to the infants’emotionality temperament. Most importantly, there were significant interaction effects between the infants’ emotionality temperament and maternal factors(education level, employment status and marital satisfaction). The results were discussed in terms of the goodness of fit of the temperament and parenting models