ABSTRACT

This study examined the roles of growth patterns of early maternal distress and employment profiles in subsequent parenting with 1,337 Korean mothers participating in the Panel Study on Korean Children. Data collected from childbirth to 14 months postpartum were used. Using latent class growth modeling, we identified three trajectories that had their unique timing and course of distress symptoms: consistently low distressed (70.7%), early and briefly distressed (10.4%), and later and chronically distressed (18.9%). Mothers in the consistent low distressed and in the early and briefly distressed groups exhibited a significantly more positive parenting, compared with mothers in the later and chronically distressed group. Further, we found that positive associations of asymptomatic status with parenting were attenuated by working in the late postpartum. This finding underscores the importance of considering the relation between maternal mental health and employment in accounting for parenting in the transition period to motherhood.

摘要

本研究调查了早期母亲痛苦的成长模式和就业概况在随后的养育子女中的作用，其中 1,337 名韩国母亲参与了韩国儿童小组研究。使用从分娩到产后 14 个月收集的数据。使用潜在类别增长模型，我们确定了三个轨迹，它们具有其独特的痛苦症状时间和过程：持续低痛苦 (70.7%)、早期和短暂痛苦 (10.4%) 以及后来和长期痛苦 (18.9%)。与后期和长期痛苦组的母亲相比，持续低痛苦组和早期和短暂痛苦组的母亲表现出更积极的养育方式。更远，我们发现，无症状状态与养育子女的积极关联因产后后期工作而减弱。这一发现强调了考虑母亲心理健康与就业之间关系的重要性，以解释向母亲过渡时期的育儿问题。