영유아 자녀를 둔 어머니의 SNS상의 사회비교가 양육불안에 미치는 영향: 배우자 및 사회적 지지의 조절효과

• Published in: 가정과삶의질연구 Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 93 - 109
• Main Authors: 김선미(Sun Mi Kim), 김정민(Jung Min Kim)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 가정과삶의질학회 01.03.2020
• Subjects: 학제간연구; 양육불안(parenting anxiety); SNS상의 사회비교(social comparison on SNS); 사회적 지지(social support); 배우자 지지(spousal support)
• ISSN: 2765-1932; 2765-2432
• DOI: 10.7466/JKHMA.2020.38.1.93

The purpose of this study was to examine the relative influence of mothers’ social comparison on social media, spousal and social support on their parenting anxiety, and the moderating effects of spousal and social support on the relationship between mothers’ parenting anxiety and social comparison on social media. For the study, 464 mothers with infants and children belonging to 11 child care and education institutions in Gyeonggi-do were asked to complete a questionnaire that consisted of a scale of experiences in types of social comparison on social media spousal support, social support, and parenting anxiety. The collected data were analyzed by frequency analysis, mean and standard deviation, One-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation analysis, stepwise multiple regression analysis, simple regression analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis, using the SPSS Statistics 21.0 program and PROCESS Macro program. The key results of this study were as follows: First, mothers’ parenting anxiety was affected by upward contrast, followed by downward identification, spousal support and social support. Second, it turned out that spousal support had moderating effects on the influence of upward identification and downward contrast on parenting anxiety. Third, social support had moderating effects on the influence of downward contrast on parenting anxiety. The findings of this study will be useful as educational data for the prevention of and consultation for mothers’ parenting anxiety. KCI Citation Count: 0