J Korean Soc Matern Child Health.  2023 Apr;27(2):92-101. 10.21896/jksmch.2023.27.2.92.

Effects of e-Health Literacy, Parenting Stress, and Maternal Role Confidence on Children’s Health-Promoting Behaviors in Mothers of Infants and Toddlers

• Park SH
• Kim JI

• KMID: 2542190
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2023.27.2.92

Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of e-health literacy, parenting stress, maternal role confidence on children’s health-promoting behaviors in mothers of infants and toddlers.
Methods
The participants were 175 mothers of infants and toddlers. Data were collected from August 30 to September 24, 2022. The effects of e-health literacy, parenting stress, and maternal role confidence on children’s health-promoting behaviors in mothers of infants and toddlers were analyzed using multiple regression using IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 27.0.
Results
Children’s health-promoting behaviors showed a significant positive relationship with e-health literacy and maternal role confidence, and negative relationship with children’s age and parenting stress. The factors affecting children’s health-promoting behaviors were e-health literacy, maternal role confidence, and children’s age, which explained 30.7% of the total variance in children’s health-promoting behaviors.
Conclusion
This study suggests including e-health literacy and maternal role confidence for improving children’s health-promoting behaviors in mothers of infants and toddlers.

Keyword

e-health literacy; Parenting stress; Maternal role confidence; Children's health-promoting behaviors