Distress of Mothers with Young Children, in Relation to Their Interdependent/Independent Self-Construal and Social Support

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  • Shi Xiaoling
    School of Humanities Department of Integrated Psychological Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University
  • Katsurada Emiko
    School of Humanities Department of Integrated Psychological Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University

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  • 保育園児を持つ母親のディストレス : 相互協調性・相互独立性およびソーシャル・サポートとの関連
  • ホイクエンジ オ モツ ハハオヤ ノ ディストレス ソウゴ キョウチョウセイ ソウゴ ドクリツセイ オヨビ ソーシャル サポート ト ノ カンレン

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Abstract

Maternal self-construal was regarded as a cognitive variable that influences distress, according to Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) stress model. Mothers of 2-6 year-old children (N=272) completed a questionnaire. A regression analysis indicated that independent self-construal related negatively and their interdependent self-construal positively to distress, controlling for perceived social support. However, mothers' independent/interdependent self-construal was not related to their perceived social support. These results suggest the need for a new approach to alter mothers' self-construal to reduce their distress.

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