Open AccessParenting stress and coping strategies for working and non-working mothers of preschool children
Author(s) -
Svetlana S. Savyonysheva,
Mariya V. Marachevskaya,
Kseniya Yu. Migunova
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik kostromskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta imeni n.a. nekrasova. seriâ: pedagogika, psihologiâ, socialʹnaâ rabota, ûvenologiâ, sociokinetika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2073-1426
DOI - 10.34216/2073-1426-2019-25-4-113-117
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , psychology , working mother , developmental psychology , mood , clinical psychology
The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of parenting stress and coping strategies of working and non-working mothers raising children of early and preschool age. The study involved 52 mothers raising young children. Methods: Questionnaire "Index of parental stress" (PSI-4), "Questionnaire of coping techniques" (WCQ). It was revealed that mothers of young children note health problems, low mood and attachment to the child. A comparative analysis of the level of parenting stress and coping strategies for working and non-working mothers revealed a lower level of parental competency and attachment to the child, and a higher level of confrontational coping for non-working mothers. It was found that for non-working mothers the determinant of higher level of parental stress was a low severity of the problem-solving planning strategy, and for working mothers was a highseverity of strategies for seeking social support and escape-avoidance.