摘要：This study examined the effect of parenting knowledge and mother-caregiver relationship on maternal parenting stress. The participants in this study consisted of 297 mothers of 1∼3 years old children at daycare centers in Daegu,Korea. The participants completed questionnaires on their parenting knowledge,mother-caregiver relationship,and parenting stress. The results indicated that mothers` parenting knowledge and parenting stress were not-significantly related,but mother-caregiver relationship and mothers`parenting stress were significantly related. A close look at the effect of parenting knowledge and mother-caregiver relationship on maternal parenting stress,while maternal parenting knowledge did not influenced directly parenting stress,mother- caregiver relationship was a significant variable predicting mother`s parenting stress. In particular,when a mother and caregiver develop a positive relationship,maternal parenting stress was lower. These results seem to indicate that the positive relationship between mother and caregiver is very important.
