The relationship between maternal self‐efficacy and parenting practices

Implications for parent training

Bibliographic Data

ID23378252
AuthorsMatthew Sanders (0000-0003-3479-6337, The University of Queensland, corresponding author), M R Sanders, M L Woolley, Melissa Woolley (The University of Queensland)
Year2005
Volume31
Issue1
Pages65-73
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Care Health and Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-1862 • E-ISSN: 1365-2214
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00487.x
PMID15658967
OpenAlexW2116131877
LanguageEN
Citations received108
References cited19

The present study examined the relationship between maternal self‐efficacy, dysfunctional discipline practices and child conduct problems. Specifically, three levels of self‐efficacy, global, domain and task‐specific self‐efficacy, were assessed in mothers of 2‐ to 8‐year‐old children with conduct problems (clinic group, n = 45) and non‐clinic mothers from the community (non‐clinic group, n = 79). Measures of global, domain and task‐specific self‐efficacy were completed by mothers. Clinic mothers reported significantly lower self‐efficacy than non‐clinic mothers for all but one of the parenting tasks assessed. Both groups of mothers reported lowest self‐efficacy for similar parenting tasks. In the sample as a whole self‐efficacy measures were significant predictors of maternal discipline style after controlling for other parent, child and risk factors. Of the self‐efficacy variables behavioural self‐efficacy was the best predictor of mothers discipline style. The findings support the importance of developing parenting strategies that enable parents to generalize their parenting skills to a diverse range of diverse parenting contexts both in the home and in the community.

Developmental psychology · Dysfunctional family · Intervention (counseling) · Parent training · Psychiatry · Self-efficacy · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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