The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of main caregiver’s family resilience and parenting stress
on child problematic behaviors. Through this, the study tried to find ways to reduce child problem behaviors,
particularly using caregivers. Study participants were main caregivers of 800 preschoolers from eight different
preschools located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Main caregivers were asked to complete the Korean versions of
the Family Resilience Survey (FRS; Walsh, 1998), the Parenting Stress Index (PSI, short version; Abidin, 1990),
and the Children Behavior Checklist (CBCL, 1.5-5; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000). Data from 441 caregivers
were included in the final analysis and correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine
possible associations between study variables and test a potential mediation of parenting stress between
caregiver's family resilience and child problem behaviors. Results showed that belief system, which is a sub-factor
of family resilience, had an effect on child problem behaviors. In addition, family resilience was confirmed to
affect the problem behaviors of children only through caregivers' parenting stress.