The Mediating Effects of Rejective Parenting Attitude and Acceptance of Disability on the Relationship between Anxious Attachment and Parenting Stress in Mothers of Child with Developmental Disabilities

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of rejective parenting attitude and acceptance of disability on the relationship between anxious attachment and parenting stress in mother of child with developmental disabilities. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 127 people, and data from 109 people was analyzed, excluding 18 people who did not respond faithfully. This study conducted basic statistical analysis using SPSS, and verified and analyzed the structural equation model using AMOS. As a result, anxious attachment was positively significant to rejective parenting attitude and parenting stress, rejective parenting attitude was negatively significant to disability acceptance, and disability acceptance was negatively significant to parenting stress. And in the relationship between anxious attachment and parenting stress, rejective parenting attitude and disability acceptance showed double mediating effect. Finally, discussions and limitations were discussed.