Relationship between State-Trait Anxiety, Parenting Efficacy, Parenting Stress in Mothers of Children with Amblyopia.
10.5393/JAMCH.2015.40.3.137
- Author:
Inhyae PARK
1
;
Seonghee HAN
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, Korea. ihpark@jnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Amblyopia;
Anxiety;
Self efficacy;
Stress
- MeSH:
Amblyopia*;
Anxiety*;
Child*;
Humans;
Mothers*;
Nursing;
Ophthalmology;
Outpatients;
Parenting*;
Parents*;
Self Efficacy
- From:Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
2015;40(3):137-147
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this research was to identify the relationship between state-trait anxiety, parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy in mothers of children with Amblyopia. METHODS: This study was surveyed 221 mothers of children aged 3 to 14 years with amblyopia who have visited ophthalmology of outpatient department of a university hospital and been treated with occlusion therapy in G-city. The collected data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, correlation coefficient, using the SPSS program. RESULTS: There was significant positive correlation between state-trait anxiety and parenting stress (r=.480, P<0.001) and negative correlation between state-trait anxiety and parenting self-efficacy (r=-.402, P<0.001). Parenting self-efficacy had negative correlation to parenting stress (r=-.484, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Nursing intervention program which enhances the self-efficacy and reduces the parenting stress in mothers of children with amblyopia should be developed to improving vision of the children.
