초록/요약

Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to explore pathways from marital conflict, coparenting and parenting stress to mothers’ parenting efficacy. The purpose was achieved by examining marital conflict’s direct and indirect effects (through coparenting and parenting stress) on mothers’ parenting efficacy. Methods: The data for the study included 151 mothers of 3- to 4-year-old preschoolers in Seoul. The mothers completed questionnaires on their marital conflict, coparenting, parenting stress and their parenting efficacy. The data were conducted using SPSS 22.0 and SPSS PROCESS MACRO v2.16. Results: First, marital conflict had no direct effect on mothers’ parenting efficacy. Second, marital conflict had no indirect effect on mothers’ parenting efficacy through coparenting or parenting stress. Lastly, marital conflict had indirect effect on mothers’ parenting efficacy through coparenting and parenting stress sequentially, which means that mothers who perceived a higher level of marital conflict reported more negative coparenting, and mothers who showed more negative coparenting reported a higher level of parenting stress, which led to a lower level of parenting efficacy. Conclusion: The present study confirmed the mediation effects of coparenting and parenting stress in the relations between marital conflict and mothers’ parenting efficacy. Findings of this study especially emphasize the crucial impact of coparenting on parenting stress that affects parenting efficacy d