在國外的文獻中多顯示，有發展障礙的孩子家長往往會較一般正常兒童的家長承受著較高的教養（親職）壓力，本研究的主要目的為了驗證(1)發展遲緩兒童的家長，較一般正常孩子的家長有較多的親職壓力，(2)親職壓力的大小會受到母親本身的條件（例如：母親的工作有無）而有所影響。本研究共收集了60個樣本（發展遲緩兒童組30人，一般園所組30人），以自填式之親職壓力量表，來瞭解兩組母親的親職壓力。結果顯示(1)在親職壓力的總得分數方面，發展遲緩兒童的家長與一般園所兒童的家長呈現顯著性差異(t=3.815, p<0.05)。(2)發展遲緩兒童的家長與一般園所兒童的家長親職壓力的總得分數除了與「母親有無工作」(F=22.6, p<0.05)達顯著差異水準外，其餘各組皆未達到統計顯著差異水準。以上的結果顯示出發展遲緩兒童的家長有較高的壓力得分數，且發展遲緩母親有無工作會影響其親職壓力之得分數。本研究為研究親職壓力之初探性研究，期待將本研究之成果作為日後建構相關量表之參考。

Foreign research has often shown that parents of children with development disabilities have to bear greater stress in terms of child-education (hereinafter as parental stress) than parents of normal children. The main objectives of this research are as follows: (1) To test and verify that parents of children with development disabilities experience higher levels of parental stress than parents of normal children. (2) To test and verify that the amount of parental stress will be influenced by conditions of the mother such as working status. Our research uses a specimen of 30 mothers of children with development disabilities and 30 mothers of normal kindergarten children to measure amounts of stress faced by these two differing groups. Data was collected by having the two groups to complete the stress measurement forms. Results: (1) In regards to the total parental stress amount, a marked difference was revealed (t=3.815, p＜0.05); parents of children with development disabilities showed and average of 285 points while parents of normal kindergarten children showed an average of 244 points. (2) In regards to other categories, there was not a difference measurable by our standards, except in the category of