A Study on the Relationship between Motherhood Belief and Children’s Gender Identity in Chiayi City

• Main Authors: Hsieh,Shu-Hui, 謝淑惠
• Other Authors: Yang, Shu-Chu Ph. D.
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21680428653201572644

碩士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 幼兒教育學系研究所 === 99 === A Study on the Relationship between Motherhood Belief and Children’s Gender Identity in Chiayi City Hsieh, Shu-Hui Graduate Institute of Early Childhood Education National Chiayi University Abstract This study is to explore the relationship between motherhood belief and the gender identity developing of children, the main purposes are for： 1.To understand today’s situation of motherhood belief and children’s gender identity. 2.To analyze the variations of motherhood belief from mothers who have different backgrounds. 3.To discuss the relationship between motherhood belief and children’s gender identity. 4.To further the predictive ability of motherhood belief to children’s gender identity. For achieving the purposes as above, this study collected data by questionnaire and discussing according the references. Using the revised “children mother role belief scale” and self-designing “children gender role identity developing scale” as study tools. To investigate the children who are in the top class and their mothers from public and private kindergartens in Chiayi City. Based on the results of this research, the conclusions are jumped as the following: 1.Mothers are wily to effectively accept their children. 2.Children have different impression with past in gender identity developing. 3.Motherhood belief can be changed by mother’s education and the number of the child. 4.The occupations of mothers will affect gender image in gender identity developing of children. 5.Motherhood belief has relationship with children’s gender identity developing. 6.Motherhood belief has predictable ability to children’s gender identity developing. According to the study conclusions as above, this study offers some usable suggestions to parents and preschool teachers, and provides suggestions to the researchers who are going to devote to relative studies in the future. Keywords: motherhood belief, children’s gender identity