Parental Self-Efficacy in Relation to Family Characteristics

Autor/inn/en	Gessulat, Juliane; Oppermann, Elisa; Cohen, Franziska; Anders, Yvonne
Titel	Parental Self-Efficacy in Relation to Family Characteristics
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 21 (2023) 2, S.224-240 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gessulat, Juliane)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X231164133
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parents; Infants; Self Efficacy; Parenting Skills; Family Characteristics; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Communication (Thought Transfer); Native Language; Caring; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Eltern; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Deutschland
Abstract	Parental self-efficacy (PSE) is an essential predictor of parenting practices and child development. The content-specificity of PSE is not well understood: Previous studies are based on either measure of general parental self-efficacy or task-specific parental self-efficacy but not measures of both constructs. Thus, we do not know how both constructs are related. With data from the "AQuaFam" study, we compared four-factor models to investigate the structure of PSE. It was a priority whether (1) task-specific and general PSE could be assessed separately or (2) be mapped in a hierarchical model with task-specific PSE factors and a superordinate factor of general PSE. A Chi-square test shows no significant model improvement, which indicates general and task-specific PSE being separate dimensions. US studies suggest that low-income parents, migrants, or parents with a lower educational status experience lower PSE. To adequately support these parents, we need to know whether differences according to families' background characteristics occur in task-specific and general PSE beliefs. We tested general PSE and PSE in four parenting tasks for differences according to families' background characteristics. Parents with a university degree they were self-efficacious in communicating responsible media use than parents without a university degree. Parents with a non-German family language they were self-efficacious in communicating a responsible media use, caring for a sick child, and in their general PSE compared to parents with German as a family language. The results of the group differences are discussed in the context of how to support different parent groups. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01