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Development of an Assesment Scale of Preschool Mothers' Happiness by Factor Analysis and Internal Consistency Reliability

  • Journal of Knowledge Information Technology and Systems
  • Abbr : JKITS
  • 2019, 14(5), pp.503-513
  • DOI : 10.34163/jkits.2019.14.5.007
  • Publisher : Korea Knowledge Information Technology Society
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Received : September 9, 2019
  • Accepted : October 11, 2019
  • Published : October 31, 2019

Ryu,Chill-Sun 1 Hye Jung Park 1 Yu-Kyeong Choi 2

1대전과학기술대학교
2혜천유치원 원감

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to develop a systemic, useful assessment scale to evaluate the preschool mothers' happiness. The subjects of this study were 489 preschool mothers in D city and S city. They were randomly chosen. A survey was performed from October, 2018 to January, 2019. Construct validity and reliability of the survey were evaluated by factor analysis and coefficient of internal consistency. To clarify factor analysis, varimax rotation was applied. The results and further analysis revealed 6 factors for happiness of mothers of preschoolers: 1) familial relationship; feeling happiness through family including children, 2) absolute satisfaction; relying on religion and trusting God, 3) positive attitude; recognizing one’s sociocultural environment positively, 4) reciprocal interaction; intimate relationship with people around them, 5) inner desire; emphasizing happiness through one’s ‘own’ life and joy, 6) self-improvement; effort to improve one’s potential and capacity. The Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha value of this assessment scale comprised of 37 questions was .943, a sufficiently high value. As a result, assessment scale of preschool mothers' happiness involving Korea's unique sociocultural phenomena was developed. Researches for evaluation of mothers' happiness and multi-cultural studies with this assessment scale will be required for further studies.

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