台灣非原住民族與原住民族幼兒母親親職壓力之研究

The Study of Parenting Pressure to Non-Indigenous and Indigenous Mothers with Young Children in Taiwan

本研究旨在探究台灣非原住民族與原住民族幼兒母親親職壓力之現況及差異情形。本研究採用問卷調查法，以「親職壓力」量表為主要研究工具，內容共分為「教養壓力」「生活壓力」及「婚姻壓力」等三面向，針對平地與原住民幼兒母親共673位進行調查研究。本研究之主要發現如下：一、台灣非原住民族及原住民族幼兒母親感受到中上程度的親職壓力。二、台灣原住民族幼兒母親在「整體親職壓力」、「教養壓力」 及「婚姻壓力」顯著高於台灣非原住民族幼兒母親，但在「生活壓力」及族群並未達顯著性差異。三、全體幼兒母親的親職壓力會因年齡、學歷及婚姻狀況等變項之不同而有顯著性差異。其中年齡為「30歲（含）以下」、學歷為「國中（含）以下」、婚姻狀況為「夫妻不同住」的幼兒母親的 親職壓力，顯著高於其他組別。

The purpose of this study was to investigate the parenting pressure between non-indigenous and indigenous mothers with young children in Taiwan. A questionnaire method was employed for this study. The scale of 'parenting pressure' which including three dimensions: 'marriage pressure', 'parenting pressure', and 'living pressure'. There were 673 mothers participated this study. The major findings of this study were as follows: 1. Non-indigenous and indigenous mothers with young children in Taiwan experience moderately high level of parenting pressure. 2. Indigenous mothers were significantly higher than non-indigenous mothers with young children in Taiwan in the scale of 'overall parentin pressure', parenting pressure' and 'marriage pressureA' but not in the 'living pressure'. 3. Parenting pressure of all mothers was significantly differences in several variables, e.g. age, educational level, marital status and etc. Mothers with young children, who aged 30 years old and below, and whose educational level was secondary school and below, and who 'do not live with husband', experienced significantly higher parenting pressure in their respective variable group.