Assessing Mothers' Parenting Stress: Differences Between One- and Two-Child Families in China

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 stu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in psychology 2021-01, Vol.11, p.609715-609715
Hauptverfasser: Qian, Guoying, Mei, Jin, Tian, Li, Dou, Gang
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.609715