Association between Ambiguous Loss and Positive Parenting Behavior in North Korean Defector Mothers: Sequential Mediating Effects of Depression and Parenting Stress (북한이탈어머니의 모호한 상실감이 긍정양육행동에 미치는 영향: 우울과 양육스트레스의 순차매개효과)

Kim, Kyong Ah (김경아); Hyein Chang (장혜인)

doi:10.35574/KJDP.2020.6.33.2.1

Association between Ambiguous Loss and Positive Parenting Behavior in North Korean Defector Mothers: Sequential Mediating Effects of Depression and Parenting Stress

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2020, 33(2), pp.1-31
DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2020.6.33.2.1
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
Received : April 7, 2020
Accepted : May 29, 2020
Published : June 15, 2020

Kim, Kyong Ah ¹, Hyein Chang ²

¹성균관대학교 심리학과 박사과정 학생
²성균관대학교 심리학과 교수

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ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to investigate association between ambiguous loss (AL) and positive parenting behavior, considering depression and parenting stress as sequential mediators. Participants were 100 North Korean defector mothers who had left their families in North Korea and were now raising children in South Korea. Boundary ambiguity, depression symptoms, parenting stress, and positive parenting behaviors (warmth/consistency) were measured using self-report questionnaires. Results indicated that AL was sequentially and significantly associated with high levels of depression and parenting stress, which in turn predicted lower levels of the consistency factor for positive parenting behavior. The single indirect effect of AL on positive parenting (consistency) through parenting stress was also significant. However, the direct and indirect effects of AL, depression, and parenting stress on positive parenting (warmth) were all not significant. Based on these results, the implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

KEYWORDS

North Korean defector mother, ambiguous loss, positive parenting behavior, parenting stress, depression

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