Abstract
The study goal was to investigate the stress among working and non-working mothers and the abuse of their kindergarten age children. Two instruments were developed to measure the stress with two versions for working and non-working mothers, and a child abuse tool. Face validity and retest reliability were conducted. The stress tool contained 25 Items. The tools were administered to a sample of 400, working (200) and nonworking (200) mothers in Amman. A t-test for independent samples was used to test the difference between means of stress and child abuse for working and non-working mothers. Also, two-way analysis of variance was conducted to find the mean differences of the three abuse dimensions: physical, psychological and neglects for working and non-working mothers. Results showed statistical difference (p < 0.05) between means of stress in favor of working mothers, but the difference between means of abuse was in favor of nonworking mothers. The results also showed statistical significant differences (p < 0.05) in the three domains of physical, psychological and neglect abuse, in favor of the non-working mothers. Implications and recommendations for future studies were suggested.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53543/jeps.vol6iss1pp1-20
- Journal
- Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 6(1), 1-20
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Unknown
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APA 7
Tawalbeh, A., & Al- Zawaydeh, H. (2012). Psychological Stresses and Abuse of Kindergarten Children among Working and Non- Working Mothers. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 6(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol6iss1pp1-20
MLA 9
Tawalbeh, Aisheh., and Hasan Al- Zawaydeh. "Psychological Stresses and Abuse of Kindergarten Children among Working and Non- Working Mothers." Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol6iss1pp1-20.
Chicago (author–date)
Tawalbeh, Aisheh., and Hasan Al- Zawaydeh. 2012. "Psychological Stresses and Abuse of Kindergarten Children among Working and Non- Working Mothers." Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies 6 (1): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol6iss1pp1-20.
Harvard
Tawalbeh, A. and Al- Zawaydeh, H. (2012) 'Psychological Stresses and Abuse of Kindergarten Children among Working and Non- Working Mothers', Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 6(1), pp. 1-20. doi:10.53543/jeps.vol6iss1pp1-20.
Vancouver
Tawalbeh A, Al- Zawaydeh H. Psychological Stresses and Abuse of Kindergarten Children among Working and Non- Working Mothers. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. 2012;6(1):1-20. doi:10.53543/jeps.vol6iss1pp1-20
IEEE
A. Tawalbeh, and H. Al- Zawaydeh, "Psychological Stresses and Abuse of Kindergarten Children among Working and Non- Working Mothers," Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-20, 2012, doi: 10.53543/jeps.vol6iss1pp1-20.