澳門融合生家長的親職壓力、親職效能、社會支持及生活品質的探討

This cross-sectional study aims to examine the interaction effect among parenting stress, parental-efficacy, social support and the quality of life. A quantitative approach to data collecting was used to examine the relations among parental-stress, parental-efficacy, social support and the quality of life. This study sampling parents were purposively sampled from welfare agencies and schools, and other sources through a structured questionnaire survey. One hundred and sixty-six valid questionnaires were
collected. It is shown that for mothers with a low Socioeconomic Status, having no job and having a special education needs preschooler’s TQL (the quality of life) is lowest. However, when controlled for their SES (Socioeconomic Status), gender, kid’s educational stage, social support and parental efficacy could buffer the parenting stress effect the quality of life. This study examines the interaction effect among parent-stress, parental-efficacy, social support and the quality of life. The result indicates that social support could reduce the effect between parenting stress and the quality of life. It means that social support could buffer parenting stress’ effectiveness to the quality of life. Implications for practice, policy and study are included.