Parental Bonding, Agreement between Paternal and Maternal Bonding, and Caregiver’s Depression in Relation to Behavior problems of Children Born to Immigrant Mothers

• Main Authors: Mei-hsin Su, 蘇美心
• Other Authors: Shin-tai Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01865126730497955744

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 公共衛生研究所 === 96 === Background: Children born to foreign mothers are more likely susceptible to adverse conditions and developed behavior problems. It is an important public health issue. Purpose: This study aims to compare externalizing and internalizing behavior problems between children born to foreign mothers and those born to native mothers at age of 6 to 8. And discuss whether maternal depression, parental bonding, and aggrement of parenting between father and mother will associate with child behavioral problem. Materials and method: Samples whose mother is Vietnamese, Chinese, or Taiwanese (native mother) were chosen from live birth between April 30, 1991 to May 1st, 2000 was used Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Teacher Report Form (TRF) to measure child behavior, and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) are used for maternal depression, and parental bonding was compared by parenting instrument. Results: Native mothers’ children scored higher in CBCL, but foreign mothers’ children scored higher in TRF. However, foreign mothers’ children got higher rate in Internalization behavior (in Vietnam group: OR=2.86, 95% CI=1.03-7.89; in China group: OR=5.29, 95% CI=1.20-23.36). Foreign mothers and her husbands mostly used “neglect” parenting skill, whereas their native counterparts mostly used “enlightened” skill. Father’s low commended (OR=2.35, 95% CI=1.08-5.11) and mother’s low demands (OR=3.09, 95% CI= 1.15-8.28) were significant correlates with child behaviors. Conclusions: Parental bonding is a significant correlate with child behavior. We recommend that parental bonding shill be and enhanced.