Variability in Parenting Self-Efficacy Across Prudential Adolescent Behaviors

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ID12758485
AutoresElizabeth Babskie (West Virginia University, autor correspondente), Darcey N Powell (0000-0001-6076-9741, Roanoke College), Aaron Metzger (West Virginia University)
Ano2017
Volume17
Fascículo4
Páginas242-261
Data de publicação2017-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoParenting (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1529-5192 • E-ISSN: 1532-7922
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15295192.2017.1369314
OpenAlexW2766524525
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas57

SYNOPSISObjective. Extant research examining the predictors and outcomes of parenting self-efficacy has predominantly focused on families with young children. Adolescence is a time of increased autonomy during which parents may be uncertain about their abilities to influence their adolescents’ risk-taking behavior. Design. Parents’ (N = 145 mothers and 53 fathers) confidence in their parenting abilities across prudential adolescent behaviors was investigated, including alcohol consumption, cyber activities, eating behaviors, and problem peer associations. Additionally, we explored how adolescents’ (N = 161, Mage = 14.4 years, 60% female) reports of their engagement in those behaviors were associated with parents’ perceptions of their ability to impact their adolescents’ behavior (i.e., self-efficacy). Results. Mixed-model analysis of variance revealed that mothers and fathers felt most efficacious in reducing their adolescents’ engagement in problematic cyber activities and least efficacious regarding alcohol consumption. Bivariate correlations indicated multiple negative associations between adolescents’ engagement in prudential behaviors and both mothers’ and fathers’ behavior-specific parenting self-efficacy. Conclusions. Results suggest that parents with adolescents have varying levels of confidence in their ability to parent different types of prudential adolescent behaviors. Additionally, for multiple behavior categories, mothers’ and fathers’ behavior-specific parenting self-efficacy was negatively associated with adolescent engagement in corresponding behaviors, such that increased adolescent engagement was related to lower levels of behavior-specific parenting self-efficacy

Autonomy · Developmental psychology · Extant taxon · Self-efficacy · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Development and Digital Technology · Clinical Psychology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Psychology