The Relationship between First-Time Mother’s Grit and Happiness: The Mediation Effects of Meaning of Life and Parental Self-Efficacy in Mothers of Infants and Toddlers (영아-걸음마기 자녀를 둔 초산모의 그릿과 행복감의 관계: 삶의 의미와 양육효능감의 매개효과)

Jooha Park (박주하); Bae, You Jin (배유진); Sujin Yang (양수진)

doi:10.35574/KJDP.2021.12.34.4.1

The Relationship between First-Time Mother’s Grit and Happiness: The Mediation Effects of Meaning of Life and Parental Self-Efficacy in Mothers of Infants and Toddlers

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2021, 34(4), pp.1-20
DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2021.12.34.4.1
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
Received : April 15, 2021
Accepted : August 30, 2021
Published : December 15, 2021

Jooha Park ¹, Bae, You Jin ¹, Sujin Yang ¹

¹이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined grit as a predictor of happiness in the first-time mothers and tested the mediating effects of the meaning of life (search for meaning and presence of meaning in life) and parental self-efficacy as the underlying mechanisms for the relationship between grit and first-time mothers’ happiness. Self-reported questionnaires were collected from 217 full-time mothers with infants and toddlers aged 0-2years. The results showed that (1) all variables in the research model were positively related, and (2) all single, double, and triple mediation effects were significant, with the exception of the search for meaning. This study showed that, despite the fact that the burden of caring for young children was the greatest for first-time mothers, grit increased mothers’ happiness by enhancing the meaning of life and sequentially equipped them with child-rearing efficacy. This work was significant as it was the first study to identify the positive workings of grit in the field of life, particularly for mothers who strived to fulfill their parenting role.

KEYWORDS

first-time mother, grit, meaning of life, happiness, parental self-efficacy

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