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Assessing Mothers’ Parenting Stress: Differences Between One- and Two-Child Families in China
- Source :
- Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 11 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.
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Abstract
- This study aimed to investigate mothers’ parenting stress and explore its relationship with associated demographic variables in two-child families involving preschool children. A sample of 621 two-child families and a comparison group of 319 one-child families from China participated in the study; the children were aged between 3 and 7. The results showed that (1) mothers of two-child families had higher parenting stress than those of one-child families; (2) within the two-child families, demographic variables, such as birth order, gender combination, and the age gap were found to have significant effects on maternal stress levels; and (3) in two-child families, families with an income of less than 3000 yuan had significantly higher maternal stress than families with an income of more than 6000 yuan.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16641078
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.0abf75cd6c4753991e3d24e89e1468
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.609715