The Relationship Between Mother’s Parenting Stress, Family Resilience and Child Rearing Practices During Coronavirus Pandemic

Öz

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parenting stress, family resilience and child rearing practices
of mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study sample consisted of 303 mothers who were parents of normally
developing children aged from 3 to 6 years. Demographic Information Form, The List of Determining Risk Factors,
Parenting Stress Scale, Family Resilience Scale and Parents Attitude Scale were used to collect data. Pearson
Correlational Analysis and one way ANOVA were conducted with the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS).
Then a series of hierarchical regression analyses were performed to investigate the predictive power of parenting stress
and family resilience on authoritative parenting style. It was concluded that there was a significant negative
relationship between mother’s parenting stress and family resilience levels. Also, a significant positive relationship
between mother’s family resilience levels and authoritative parenting has been obtained. In addition, as a result of the
analysis a negative significant relationship between mother’s parenting stress and authoritative parenting has been
found. Moreover, parenting stress and family resilience were found as significant predictors of authoritative parenting
style. It can be concluded that the negative effect of parenting stress on authoritative parenting, partially decreased
with the effect of family resilience. The findings of the research were discussed in the light of the literature, limitations,
strengths of the research and suggestions for future studies were presented.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Coronavirus Pandemic
• Parenting Stress
• Family Resilience
• Child Rearing Attitudes

Koronavirüs Pandemisinde Annelerin Ebeveynlik Stresleri, Aile Dayanıklılıkları ve Çocuk Yetiştirme Tutumları Arasındaki İlişkiler

Öz

Araştırma kapsamında COVID-19 pandemisi sürecinde annelerin ebeveynlik stresleri, aile dayanıklılıkları ve çocuk
yetiştirme tutumları arasındaki ilişkiler incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini normal gelişim gösteren 3-6 yaş arası
çocuğu olan yaş aralığı 22-48 (Ort= 35,36) arasında değişen 303 anne oluşturmaktadır. Bu amaçla Demografik Bilgi
Formu, Aile Yılmazlık Ölçeği, Ebeveynlik Stres Ölçeği, Ebeveyn Tutum Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki
ilişkileri saptamak amacıyla Pearson Korelasyon Katsayısı; ebeveynlik stresi ve aile dayanıklılığı değişkenlerinin,
annenin demokratik ebeveyn tutumunu yordayıcı gücünü araştırmak amacıyla hiyerarşik regresyon analizi
kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen bulgulara göre, annelerin ebeveynlik stresleri ile aile dayanıklılıkları arasında
negatif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki vardır. Annelerin algıladıkları aile dayanıklılıkları ile demokratik ebeveynlik tutumları
arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmıştır. Annelerin ebeveynlik stresleri ile demokratik ebeveynlik
tutumları arasında negatif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki vardır. Ebeveynlik stresi ve aile dayanıklılığı değişkenleri,
demokratik ebeveynlik tutumu üzerinde yordayıcı olarak bulunmuştur. Bu doğrultuda annelerin ebeveynlik
streslerinin, demokratik tutumları üzerindeki olumsuz etkisininin aile dayanıklılığı ile kısmen azaldığı saptanmıştır.
Araştırmanın bulguları ilgili literatür ile değerlendirilmiş, sınırlılıklar, güçlü yönler ve gelecek araştırmalar için
öneriler sunulmuştur. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Koronavirüs Pandemisi
• Ebeveynlik Stresi
• Aile Dayanıklılığı
• Çocuk Yetiştirme Tutumları

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