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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

09.21.22 | PLOS

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Comparison of each item from the Being a Mother scale (BaM-13) between Korean and Australian mothers
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). Credit: Lee et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0274016

An analysis of the very high level of maternal distress experienced by South Korean women with young children

21-Sep-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Australia Childbirth Children Health and Medicine Health Care Industry Human Health Mental Health Postnatal Care Public Health Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0274016
Article Publication Date
2022-09-21
Article Title
An analysis of the very high level of maternal distress experienced by South Korean women with young children
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, September 21). 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. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LPE5VQM8/877-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.html
MLA:
"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." Brightsurf News, Sep. 21 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LPE5VQM8/877-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.html.