Kim Anna, Jeon Sesong, Song Jina
Ulsan Public Agency for Welfare Family Promotion Social Service, Ulsan 44717, Republic of Korea.
Major in Child & Family Studies, School of Child Studies, College of Human Ecology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Sep 6;13(9):744. doi: 10.3390/bs13090744.
Numerous studies have addressed the issue of "self-stigma" among divorced single-parent women. However, there is a scarcity of quantitative data available on this subject. Moreover, while self-esteem is a crucial factor throughout life, it has been extensively studied in the context of "children" from single-parent families, but not from the perspective of parents themselves. To address this gap, the present study aimed to explore the relationship between self-stigma, self-esteem, and mental health in 347 divorced, single-parent women. The online survey recruited participants randomly, with a specific focus on single mothers who were divorced and had more than one child under the age of 18. The analysis involved utilizing SPSS 25.0 (IBM Co., Armonk, NY, USA) and PROCESS Macro Version 4.1 (Model 4) to conduct descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, reliability assessment, correlation analysis, and mediating analysis. The findings revealed that self-esteem played a partial mediating role in the relationship between self-stigma and mental health. In other words, higher levels of self-stigma among divorced, single-parent women were associated with poorer mental health outcomes. Additionally, the study discovered that engaging in more self-stigma was linked to lower self-esteem and increased mental health distress. These results underscore the significance of internal factors, such as self-stigma and self-esteem, and highlight their relevance in formulating policies aimed at supporting divorced single-parent women. Policymakers should take these factors into account to develop effective strategies to aid this specific group.
众多研究探讨了离婚单亲女性中的“自我污名化”问题。然而，关于这一主题的定量数据却很匮乏。此外，虽然自尊是贯穿一生的关键因素，但它在单亲家庭“孩子”的背景下得到了广泛研究，而不是从父母自身的角度。为了填补这一空白，本研究旨在探讨347名离婚单亲女性的自我污名化、自尊与心理健康之间的关系。在线调查随机招募参与者，特别关注那些离婚且有不止一个18岁以下子女的单身母亲。分析过程中使用了SPSS 25.0（美国纽约州阿蒙克市IBM公司）和PROCESS宏版本4.1（模型4）进行描述性统计、频率分析、信度评估、相关性分析和中介分析。研究结果显示，自尊在自我污名化与心理健康的关系中起部分中介作用。换句话说，离婚单亲女性中较高水平的自我污名化与较差的心理健康结果相关。此外，研究发现更多的自我污名化与较低的自尊和增加的心理健康困扰有关。这些结果强调了自我污名化和自尊等内部因素的重要性，并突出了它们在制定旨在支持离婚单亲女性的政策方面的相关性。政策制定者应考虑这些因素，以制定有效的策略来帮助这一特定群体。
