The role of mothers' parenting stress level and life

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to examine the role of mothers' parenting stress level and life satisfaction in predicting life satisfaction of children aged 5-6 years. The study group of the research consists of 290 5-6-year-old children and their mothers who are volunteering to participate and study in Aydın province in the 2021-2022 academic year. Personal Information Form, Life Satisfaction Scale-Child Form (Bağcı Çetin & Buluş, 2023), Parental Stress Scale (Kaymak Özmen & Özmen, 2012) and Adult Life Satisfaction Scale (Kaba, Erol & Güç, 2018) were used as data collection tools. Pearson correlation and regression analysis techniques were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the correlation analysis, it was found that there was a positive significant relationship between the child's life satisfaction and the mother's parenting stress level, and a positive significant relationship between the child's life satisfaction and the mother's life satisfaction with the sub-dimensions of general life satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, self-satisfaction, social environment satisfaction, and job satisfaction. seen. As a result of regression analysis, it was determined that the mother's parenting stress level and life satisfaction together predicted the child's life satisfaction variability by 23%.

Keywords

• Preschool period
• stress
• life satisfaction

5-6 Yaş Çocuklarının Yaşam Doyumunu Yordamada Annelerin Ebeveynlik Stres Düzeyi ve Yaşam Doyumunun Rolü

Öz

Bu araştırmada, 5-6 yaş aralığındaki çocukların yaşam doyumunu yordamada annelerin ebeveynlik stres düzeyi ve yaşam doyumunun rolünün incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu, 2021-2022 Eğitim-Öğretim yılında Aydın ilinde öğrenim görmekte olan katılımcı olmaya gönüllü 5-6 yaşında 290 çocuk ve annelerinden oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama araçları olarak, Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği-Çocuk Formu (Bağcı Çetin & Buluş, 2023), Anne-Baba Stres Ölçeği (Kaymak Özmen & Özmen, 2012) ve Yetişkin Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği (Kaba, Erol & Güç, 2018) kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde Pearson korelasyon ve regresyon analizi teknikleri kullanılmıştır. Korelasyon analizi sonucunda, çocuğun yaşam doyumu ile annenin ebeveynlik stres düzeyi arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki, çocuğun yaşam doyumu ile anne yaşam doyumunun genel yaşam doyumu, ilişki doyumu, benlik doyumu, sosyal çevre doyumu ve iş doyumu alt boyutları arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişkili olduğu görülmüştür. Regresyon analizleri sonucunda annenin ebeveynlik stres düzeyi ile yaşam doyumunun birlikte çocuğun yaşam doyumu değişkenliğini %23 oranında yordadığı tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Okul öncesi dönem
• stres
• yaşam doyumu

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