A Comparative Study of Mothers' and Grandmothers' Infant/ Toddler Reading Beliefs - Examined by Interdependence and Independence -

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1999;37(4):97-110.

영아 , 걸음마기 자녀 양육신념의 세대간 비교연구 - 상호의존성과 독립성을 중심으로 -

이완정, 현온강

인하대학교 소비자·아동학과

A Comparative Study of Mothers' and Grandmothers' Infant/ Toddler Reading Beliefs - Examined by Interdependence and Independence -

이완정, 현온강

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine Korean mothers' child rearing beliefs for their infant/toddlers and to compare young mothers' child rearing beliefs with grandmothers'. The subject was composed of 130 pairs of young mothers whose first child is 2 - 2 and half years old and their mothers(grandmothers) in Taegu city area. The major results of findings were as follows : 1. The Korean mothers' Infant/toddler Rearing Beliefs had four subfactors in both area of Interdependence and Independence. 2. Korean young mothers and grandmothers had higher infant/toddler rearing beliefs of interdependence than those of independence. 3. Korean grandmothers had higher infant/toddler rearing beliefs of interdependence than young mothers. 4. Korean young mothers had higher infant/toddler rearing beliefs of independence than grandmothers. 5. While Korean grandmothers had mainly infant/toddler rearing beliefs of interdependence, Korean young mothers had both infant/toddler rearing beliefs of independence and those of interdependence.