The Causes Affecting the Parenting Stress of the Post-80s Generation in China with Working Mothers of Infants and Young Children as the Target

Table 1

General tendency to investigate variables (N = 278).

	Item	Mean value ± standard	Range of possible scores	Range of actual scores
A sense of parenting effectiveness	Sense of ability	27.83 ± 4.43	8.00–40.00	14.00–40.00
	Emotional of feeling	22.70 ± 5.20	7.00–35.00	7.00–35.00
Children’s value	Emotional value	16.21 ± 2.83	4.00–20.00	4.00–20.00
	Instrumental value	13.72 ± 3.35	4.00–20.00	4.00–20.00
Sense of self-respect	Sense of self-respect	34.89 ± 5.21	10.00–50.00	22.00–48.00
Husband’s parenting involvement	Husband’s parenting involvement	14.50 ± 3.06	4.00–20.00	5.00–20.00
Social support (relatives)	Emotional support	27.21 ± 5.35	7.00–35.00	10.00 ± 35.00
	Informational support	18.96 ± 4.32	5.00–25.00	5.00 ± 25.00
	Instrumental support	15.09 ± 3.19	4.00–20.00	4.00 ± 20.00
Social support (other than relatives)	Emotional support	23.56 ± 5.36	7.00–35.00	7.00 ± 35.00
	Informational support	16.55 ± 4.13	5.00–25.00	5.00 ± 25.00
	Instrumental support	12.79 ± 3.07	4.00–20.00	4.00 ± 20.00
Parenting stress	Parenting stress	61.10 ± 13.44	20.00–100.00	20.00–100.00