Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with parenting stress of mothers of school-aged children with atopic dermatitis. Data were collected form 102 mothers of school-aged children with atopic dermatitis. Parenting stress was measured with PSI (Parenting Stress Index) and behavioral problems were measured with K-CBCL (Korean Child Behavior Checklist). Descriptive, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analyses were used. There was a significant relationship between parenting stress and mother's education level (r＝.319, p＜.05), internalizing (r＝.284, p＜.05) and externalizing (r＝.251, p＜.05) problems. There was a significant relationship between parent domain for mother's education level (r＝.280, p＜.05) and internalizing problems (r＝.291, p＜.05), parent-child domain for mother's education level (r＝.327, p＜.05), school achievement (r＝−.356, p＜.05), severity of disease (r＝.275, p＜.05), and externalizing problems (r＝.253, p＜.05), and child domain for economic status (r＝−.252, p＜.05), internalizing (r＝.278, p＜.05) and externalizing (r＝.265, p＜.05) problems. The result of multiple regression analysis showed that parenting stress significantly associated with mother's education level (Ղ＝0.466, p＝.002), child's internalizing (Ղ＝0.415, p＝.006) and externalizing (Ղ＝0.400, p＝.012) problems. It is important to understand parenting stress of mother of children with atopic dermatitis and develop nursing interventions for them. (Korean J Str Res 2011;19:115∼121)

• Keywords: Dermatitis atopic, Parenting stress