The purpose of this study was to find factors related to the ego-resilience of young children fromlow-income families. For this purpose, survey data from 154 low-income mothers with youngchildren including children from multicultural families, were used to examine the effects of familyresilience, mothers' psychological well-being, and parenting behavior on the ego-resilience of youngchildren from low-income families.The major findings were as follows: 1) Family cohesion, one of the sub-factors of familyresilience, was the strongest factor for predicting the ego-resilience of young children fromlow-income families. Also, warm and encouraging parenting behavior had a significant effect on theego-resilience of young children from low-income families. 2) According to the results of a pathanalysis, maternal education, multicultural family status, and social support had indirect effects onparenting behavior through their effects on the psychological well-being of mothers. In turn,mothers' psychological well-being had an indirect effect on the ego-resilience of young childrenthrough its influence on parenting behavior. 3) According to the t-tests, young children frommulticultural families had a significantly lower level of self-confidence and cheerfulness. Also,mothers with higher educational levels had a significantly higher level of psychological well-being.Based on these results, the implications of the study and its limitations were discussed.