본 연구에서는 부모교육을 병행한 애착중심 집단상담이 저소득층 어머니의 성인애착과 양육효능감에 미치는 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구대상은 서울시 G구 소재 드림스타트센터 대상 초등학교 저학년 자녀를 둔 어머니 12명을 실험집단과 통제집단에 각 6명씩 배정하였다. 프로그램은 주 1회 2시간씩 총 8주에 걸쳐 실시하였으며, 실험집단과 통제집단의 사전-사후검사 평균과 표준편차를 내고 Mann- Whitney U 검정과 Wilcoxon Signed-rank 검정을 통해 집단 간 차이를 검증하였다. 연구결과 부모교육을 병행한 애착중심 집단상담에 참여한 실험집단의 성인애착 수준이 통제집단에 비해 유의미한 차이를 보이며 불안·회피수준이 낮아졌고, 양육효능감은 유의한 수준으로 향상되었다. 결과적으로 저소득층 대상 부모교육을 병행한 애착중심 집단상담이 참여 어머니의 불안·회피수준을 낮추며 성인애착을 안정화하고 양육효능감을 향상시키는데 효과가 있음을 나타내었다.

The purpose of this research was to find out the effects of attachment focused group counseling with parent education on adult attachment and mother’s parenting efficacy of low income mothers. The subjects of this research were 12 mothers with lower grades of elementary school children at Dream Start Center in G-gu, Seoul. The program was conducted once a week for 2 hours, a total of 8 weeks. The pre-test and post-test averages and standard deviations of the experimental and control groups were calculated, and the differences between the groups were verified by the Mann-Whitney U test and the Wilcoxon Signed-rank test. Research has shown that level of the experimental group who participated in attachment focused group counseling with parent education showed a significant difference compared to the control group, and the anxiety and avoidance level were lowered, and the parenting efficacy was improved to a significant level. As a result, attachment focused group counseling with parent education for low income families was found to be effective in lowering the level of anxiety and avoidance of participating mothers, stabilizing adult attachment, and improving parenting efficacy.