The Relationship Between Personality and Parental Confidence in Mothers of School-Aged Children

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3256307
AutoresSusan M Henney (University of Houston - Downtown, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume6
Fascículo3
Data de publicação2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244016659317
OpenAlexW2499107256
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas29

This study explores the relationship between personality and parental confidence among mothers of school-aged children. The relationships between personality and parenting competence and also between parental confidence and parenting competence are established in the literature, but the relationship between personality and parental confidence is little explored. One hundred twenty-one mothers of school-aged children were surveyed regarding their demographics and parenting confidence, and they also completed the 16PF personality measure. Hierarchical regression analysis found that higher Dominance, Self-Control, and Independence predicted higher maternal confidence, whereas higher Apprehension and Anxiety predicted lower maternal confidence. Black mothers had higher levels of parental confidence overall than mothers of other ethnicities. These results are discussed in the context of understanding parenting behaviors and designing parenting interventions

Anxiety · Apprehension · Confidence interval · Developmental psychology · Parenting styles · Personality · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology