미숙아 아버지의 양육스트레스와 애착이 양육효능감에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Effects of preterm infants father’s parenting stress and attachment on parenting efficacy

Kyoung Min, Lee

Departments of Nursing The Graduate school of Pukyong National University (Directed by Prof. Euna, Park, Ph. D. in Nursing)

Abstract

This study is a descriptive research study to identify influential factors of parenting stress and attachment on parenting efficacy of fathers with premature infants The recruitment process was conducted online and offline from January 16, 2017 to April 30, 2017. A total of 161 questionnaires were collected, 31 copies from the father of the infant who visited the child hospital in U city, 3 copies returned by mail, and 127 copies via the internet community for premature parents. A total of 153 copies were used for the study, with the exception of the unclear 8 copies. The research tools for this study were ‘Korean Parenting Stress Index Short Form (K-PSI-SF)’ adjusted, standardized, and condensed by Lee, Chung, Park, & Kim(2008) from ‘Parenting Stress Index (PSI)’ developed by Abidin (1995), attachment tools developed by Hwang (2005), as well as tool adapted, adjusted and supplemented by Shin (1997) from ‘Parenting Sense of Competence (PSOC)’ developed by Gibaud-Wallston and Wandersman (1978). The collected data were analyzed for frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regressions analysis using SPSS 24.0 program. The results of the study are summarized as follows. Parenting efficacy according to general characteristics was significantly different from the period of hospitalization in neonatal intensive care unit (t=2.05, p=0.042). Parenting efficacy of fathers with premature infants showed a significant negative correlation(r=-0.723, p<.001) with parenting stress and a positive correlation with attachment(r=0.545, p<.001). The factors affecting the parenting efficacy of fathers with premature infants were parenting stress (t=-9.06, p<.001), attachment(t=3.39, p<.001), and more that 30 days of hospitalization period in neonatal intensive care unit(t=2.28, p=0.024), respectively. It is important to arrange for the adjustment, intervention and reduction of appropriate parenting stress for the father in a process in which a child born as a premature infant grows up at home after discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit. In addition, a stable attachment relationship with children may have a positive effect on the father's parenting efficacy, which may have a favorable effect on the physical and emotional development of infants born to premature infants.

Key words: Preterm infant, Father, Parenting stress, Attachment, Parenting efficacy,