标题：The Influences of Mother's Psychological Characteristics and Parenting Related Factors on Two-year-old Infants' Development: The Mediating Role of Parenting Styles
摘要：The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among mother`s psychological characteristics(self-esteem,self-efficacy,and depression),parenting related factors(maternal parenting stress and mother`s knowledge on infant development),maternal parenting style,and two-year-old infants` development. The participants consisted of 1735 mothers and their two-year old infants selected from a sample of the 3rd Panel Study of Korean Children(PSKC) by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education(KICCE),conducted in 2010. Data were analyzed by means of a Structural Equation Model(SEM) to identify the structure and relationships among the various factors. The significance of direct and indirect effects to test the mediating effect of maternal parenting style were identified via bootstrapping. The results indicated that maternal parenting style most definitely mediated the relationship among the mother`s psychological characteristics(self-esteem and self-efficacy),parenting related factors(maternal parenting stress and mother`s knowledge on Infant development) and the development of their two-year-old infants.
