image: Comparison of each item from the Being a Mother scale (BaM-13) between Korean and Australian mothers based on the percentage of those who provided a moderate-to-severe negative response (2 or 3 points). view more
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87.7% of South Korean mothers of young children experience "very high" levels of maternal distress, with survey revealing worse responses to every question than a previous Australian sample
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274016
Article Title: An analysis of the very high level of maternal distress experienced by South Korean women with young children
Author Countries: Korea
Funding: This research was supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI19C0481, HC19C0048). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
An analysis of the very high level of maternal distress experienced by South Korean women with young children
Article Publication Date
21-Sep-2022
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.