Parenting Efficacy and Health-promoting Behaviors for Children of Mothers from Native and Multicultural Families in Koreaopen access
- Authors
- Chung, Sophia Jihey; Bang, Kyung-Sook
- Issue Date
- Jun-2015
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Keywords
- child; cultural diversity; health promotion; mothers; parenting
- Citation
- ASIAN NURSING RESEARCH, v.9, no.2, pp 104 - 108
- Pages
- 5
- Journal Title
- ASIAN NURSING RESEARCH
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 104
- End Page
- 108
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/59996
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.anr.2014.12.002
- ISSN
- 1976-1317
2093-7482
- Abstract
- Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the levels of parenting efficacy and health-promoting behaviors for children of mothers, and to explore the relationships between parenting efficacy and the behaviors of mothers from native and multicultural families in South Korea. Methods: Data was collected by a self-report questionnaire completed by 258 mothers who had 6-month to 36-month-old children attending kindergartens or multicultural family support centers located in Seoul and in Gyeounggi Province, South Korea. Results: No significant difference in parenting efficacy was found, depending on the maternal country of origin. However, Chinese mothers performed health-promoting behaviors more frequently for their children than Korean and Vietnamese mothers did (F = 6.87, p < .001). The significant positive correlations between parenting efficacy and maternal health-promoting behaviors for children were found, regardless of maternal country of origin (r = .57, p < .001 for Korean, r = .42, p < .001 for Chinese, and r = .40, p < .001 for Vietnamese mothers). Conclusions: Since maternal health-promoting behaviors were different depending on the native country of the mothers, maternal country of origin should be considered in designing programs for improving maternal health-promoting behaviors for their children. In addition, increasing the level of parenting efficacy can be an effective way for improvement of maternal health-promoting behaviors. Copyright (C) 2015, Korean Society of Nursing Science. Published by Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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