J Korean Soc Matern Child Health.  2022 Apr;26(2):80-90. 10.21896/jksmch.2022.26.2.80.

Factors Influencing Changes in Parenting Behavior during Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

• Kim MR
• Chae SM

• KMID: 2529641
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2022.26.2.80

Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to examine the effects of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) impact, parental stress, parenting behavior, and spousal support on changes in parenting behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods
A total of 162 mothers who raised infants and toddlers under 24 months of age participated in this descriptive study via a web survey. The researchers collected data, which included demographic variables about mothers and babies, COVID-19 impact, parenting stress, spousal support, parenting behavior, and changes in parenting behavior after the pandemic. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 24.0 using descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression tests.
Results
With the spread of COVID-19, mothers with infants and toddlers appeared to be affected in the order of psychological burden, resources, and financial burden, and their parenting stress increased compared to that before the pandemic. The change in mothers’ parenting behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic increased significantly as the mothers were significantly influenced by COVID-19. In addition, it was confirmed that the change in parenting behavior significantly decreased as mothers’ parenting stress increased.
Conclusion
Change in infants’ and toddlers’ mothers’ parenting behavior was associated with both COVID-19 impact and parenting stress in South Korea during the pandemic.

Keyword

COVID-19, Parenting, Parent-child relations, Parenting behavior

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