Guilt, Uncertainty, Education Needs, and Knowledge of Mothers With Children Experiencing Precocious Puberty

Hye Young Ahn; Kyung Hee Yoo; Mi Ryeong Song

doi:10.1177/2333794X221098305

Guilt, Uncertainty, Education Needs, and Knowledge of Mothers With Children Experiencing Precocious Puberty

Glob Pediatr Health. 2022 May 12:9:2333794X221098305. doi: 10.1177/2333794X221098305. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Hye Young Ahn¹, Kyung Hee Yoo², Mi Ryeong Song³

Affiliations

¹ College of Nursing, Eulji University, Uijeongbu, South Korea.
² Department of Nursing, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea.
³ Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea.

Abstract

Introduction. Childhood illnesses not only affect the child, but also the family members. Objective. The purpose of this study was to investigate the guilt, uncertainty, education needs, and knowledge of mothers with children experiencing precocious puberty. Methods. Data were collected in August, 2017. The participants of the study were the mothers of children experiencing precocious puberty. A total of 111 copies of questionnaires were collected. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient were used for the analysis, using the SPSS 24.0 program. Results. Mothers of children experiencing precocious puberty require psychological interventions that can alleviate their guilt and uncertainty, as well as enhance their knowledge of the emotional support needed by their children. Conclusion. Mothers with children experiencing precocious puberty had a high level of education needs to know, but the knowledge they knew was insufficient. Future studies need to focus on developing education programs for mothers dealing with their child's precocious puberty.

Keywords: education; guilt; knowledge; precocious puberty; uncertainty.