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A Qualitative Case Study on First Child Rearing Stress of Christian Mothers through Parenting Education Program Using Biblical Counseling

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2016, 24(2), pp.285-331
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2016.24.2.285
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : September 29, 2016
  • Accepted : November 4, 2016

Chung, Hee-Jung 1

1총신대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to provide practical resources through parenting education using biblical counseling to help Christian mothers experiencing the first child rearing stress. The participants are two christian mothers whose daughter is 25 months old and 17 months old respectively. The Christian parenting education program using the biblical counseling developed by Chung Heejung has been utilized as an instrument of twenty-four in-depth counseling interviews, conducted from April 13, 2015 to November 16, 2015. The findings are as follows. First, the mothers recognized the situation of the first child rearing stress Second, they understood the cause of the problem and found out their emotion and desire through the objective analysis and evaluation of child rearing stress. Third, they changed to the virtuous from vicious cycle establishing a new goal in child rearing through God's grace. Fourth. they were educated to new rearing behaviors and made a change in child rearing through the continuous practice. In conclusion, through the parenting education program using the biblical counseling, the Christian mothers realized the meaning of themselves as a parent in God from an awareness of the vicious cycle of their response to the child rearing stress and relied on God in their continuous child rearing process.

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