The relationship between parental stress and shame coping styles.

摘要

he aim of this study is to enhance understanding of the relationship between parental stress and shame coping styles in parents. The shame coping styles being studied were attack self, avoidance, withdrawal and attack other using the Compass of Shame Scale (CoSS). Correlation results indicated a mild positive correlation between parental stress and the coping styles attack self, avoidance and withdrawal and a moderate positive correlation between the shame coping style attack other and parental stress. This indicates that as parental stress increases the use of shame coping styles also increase. Additionally, a between groups t-test determined that mothers reported higher levels of attack-self, avoidance and withdrawal coping styles than did fathers. There was no significant difference between mothers and fathers on the attack other pole. Furthermore, a one-way ANOVA determined that parental stress significantly varied between income level groups. More specifically, participants who reported earning