J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2009 Oct;20(3):152-157.

The Effect of the Mother-Child Development Promotion Program for the Child with Developmental Delay on Mother's Depressive Mood and Parenting Stress

• Yu HS
• Lee SJ
• Song DH

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
We investigated the parenting stress and depressive mood of mothers with developmentally-delayed children and the effects of participation in a mother-child development promotion program on same.
METHODS
Subjects were the mothers of 20 developmentally-delayed children. The severity of the mothers' parenting stress was evaluated via the Korean version of the Parenting Stress Index, Short Form (K-PSI-SF) and the severity of their depressive symptoms were evalueted by the Korean version of the Beck Depression Inventory (K-BDI).
RESULTS
The mean K-PSI-SF score and mean K-BDI score for these mothers were 93.35 (SD=10.47) and 23.25 (SD=10.42), respectively. These scores correspond to high parenting stress and moderate depression. The mothers who participated in a mother-child attachment- promotion program showed significant decreases in their K-PSI-SF and KBDI scores.
CONCLUSION
Our data suggest that a mother-child attachment promotion program with emphasis on child development is effective in reducing parenting stress and depressive mood in mothers of developmentally-delayed children.

Keyword

Mother-child Attachment Promotion Program; Developmental Delay; K-BDI; K-PSI-SF

MeSH Terms

Child
Child Development
Depression
Humans
Mothers
Parenting
Parents