Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of parenting stress of North Korean refugee mothers in early parenthood on their children’s self-esteem and self-regulation ability.
Methods: The subjects of this study were 122 North K...
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of parenting stress of North Korean refugee mothers in early parenthood on their children’s self-esteem and self-regulation ability.
Methods: The subjects of this study were 122 North Korean refugee mothers in early parenthood located in Daejeon and Chung-cheong bukdo in Korea. The parenting stress tools of Kwon et al.(2013), who verified the PSI/SF tool in Abidin(1990) for North Korean defectors, was used. Harter and Pike’s (1984) self-esteem tools developed by Kim(1997) were used. The self-regulation ability scale of Lee(2013) was used. Data collection was conducted from January to March of 2021 through a structured questionnaire. A linear regression analysis was conducted to analyze the effect of parenting stress as experienced by North Korean refugee mothers during early parenthood on their children’s self-esteem and self-regulation ability.
Results: First, the research results show that the parenting stress of North Korean refugee mothers in early parenthood has a significantly negative effect on their children’s self-esteem.
Second, the research results show that the parenting stress of North Korean refugee mothers in early parenthood has a significantly negative effect on their children’s self-regulation ability.
Conclusions: In conclusion, the parenting stress of North Korean refugee mothers in early parenthood has a significantly negative effect on their children’s self-esteem and self-regulation ability. This suggests that there is the urgent need to manage the parenting stress of North Korean refugee mothers who are raising young child. Moreover, parent education program should be developed for them.