A Study on the Relationship between Mother's Occupation and M.M.P.I. of the Child

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1980;18(3):29-34.

논문편 - 아동 및 가족관계 분야 : 어머니의 직업유무와 자녀의 M . M . P . I . 와의 관계에 관한 연구

연진영

A Study on the Relationship between Mother's Occupation and M.M.P.I. of the Child

Jin Yong Yun

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to clarify the effects of mother's occupation on the personality of the child. for the purpose of this study, the Minnesota multiphastic Personality Inventory were administered to 33 boy students with employed mothers and another 33 whose mothers spened full time as house wife selected from two high schools located in Seoul. -test were employed for the statistical analysis of the data and the following are the findings: 1. In general working mother does not have any remarkable influence on personality of the child. 2. There is no significant difference between two groups except on scale, Sc scale, and Hs scale. 3. It may not be the mother's occupation but her attitude that influences the child's personality.