Parenting activities for mothers with infant children Effects on parental efficacy and happiness

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-250
Author(s):  
soojung Kim ◽  
Youme Lee
Keyword(s):  
Parental Efficacy

scholarly journals A comparison of the relationship between parental efficacy and social support systems of single teen mothers across different family forms in South African low socioeconomic communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha L. Coert ◽  
Babatope O. Adebiyi ◽  
Edna Rich ◽  
Nicolette V. Roman
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
Parental Efficacy ◽  
Social Support Systems ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Teenage parenting is recognised as one of the greatest health and social problems in South Africa. Research in South Africa has shown that by the age of 18 years, more than 30% of teens have given birth at least once. Teen mothers may feel disempowered because they are ‘othered’ and consequently, may develop forms of resistance which in most cases may inhibit their ability to parent. Social support is therefore, an imperative intervention for successful teen parenting but this is not clearly understood in South Africa. This study aimed to compare the relationship between parental efficacy and social support systems of single teen mothers across different family forms. Methods A quantitative methodology with a cross-sectional comparative correlation design was conducted with 160 single teen mothers who resided with a family in a low socio-economic community. The participants completed a self-report questionnaire that comprised of the Social Provisions Scale, and the Parenting Sense of Competence scale. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were used to investigate the data. Results A significant positive relationship between social support and parental efficacy was found. When comparing different family forms, single teen mothers’ residing with one parent reported greater levels of parental efficacy and single teen mothers’ residing with two parents, re-counted high levels of social support under the subscales; guide, reliable and nurture. However, when computing for guardian-skip generation, results show that there is no significant relationship between parental efficacy and social support. As well as no correlation across subscales of social support. Conclusion The positive relationships between social support and parental efficacy are important for planning and applying parenting programmes amongst single teen mothers and facilitating awareness regarding the importance of social support and family forms when considering parenting practices.

Using Behavioral Insights to Improve School Administrative Communications: The Case of Truancy Notifications

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013189X2110007
Author(s):  
Jessica Lasky-Fink ◽  
Carly D. Robinson ◽  
Hedy Nai-Lin Chang ◽  
Todd Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
Randomized Experiments ◽  
Parental Efficacy ◽  
Behavioral Barriers ◽  
The Impact

Many states mandate districts or schools notify parents when students have missed multiple unexcused days of school. We report a randomized experiment ( N = 131,312) evaluating the impact of sending parents truancy notifications modified to target behavioral barriers that can hinder effective parental engagement. Modified truancy notifications that used simplified language, emphasized parental efficacy, and highlighted the negative incremental effects of missing school reduced absences by 0.07 days in the 1 month following compared to the standard, legalistic, and punitively worded notification—an estimated 40% improvement over the standard truancy notification. This work illustrates how behavioral insights and randomized experiments can be used to improve administrative communications in education.

scholarly journals Development of Parental Efficacy Scale to Measure Parents’ Involvement Capabilities in Elementary Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Yosef Yosef ◽  
Hasmalena Hasmalena ◽  
Sigit Dwi Sucipto
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Elementary Children ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Parental Efficacy ◽  
Parents Involvement ◽  
At Home

Parental involvement had benefit for the education of elementary children. Yet, knowing parental efficacy was important factor to do such involvement.  The purpose of this study was to design and examine a practical, valid, and reliable parental efficacy scale for measuring parents’ capabilities to involve in elementary education. A total of 402 parents of elementary children participated in this study, consisting of 114 fathers (28.36%) and 288 mothers (71.64%). They were selected randomly from 10 elementary schools and fulfilled informed consent showing they participated voluntarily in the study. A Parental Efficacy Scale which had been designed was tested for its practicality, validity and reliability. This self-report instrument asked parents to respond 67 items containing six aspects, namely their belief to be able parenting children, communicating with the school, helping children learn at home, becoming school volunteers, making decisions, and collaborating with community. The results showed that the scale fulfilled all of three requirements in all six aspects.

Reviews of Research: Parental Efficacy and Involvement Influences on Children

1988 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven B. Silvern ◽  
Kevin J. Swick
Keyword(s):  
Parental Efficacy
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