Examination of HIPPY Mothers' Parenting Efficacy: Association between Family Structure and Process

• Main Author: Asare, Lionel Kwame
• Other Authors: Middlemiss, Wendy
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 2019
• Subjects: family process; family structure; self-efficacy; nurturing; teaching; Parenting.; Mother and child.; Families.; Preschool children > Family relationships.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505186/

This study examined the relationships between family structure (organization and control), family process (cohesion, expressiveness, and conflict) with parenting sense of competency (parenting efficacy) for mothers (n = 138) engaged in Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) related activities. Family structure in this study looked at how the family system is organized regarding clarity of family rules. In addition, family processes of the research participants looked at daily family routines and interactions. General parenting self-efficacy, task-specific self-efficacy for nurturance, and task-specific self-efficacy for teaching which are the dependent variables, looked at the degree to which parents feel competent and capable of solving problems related to these processes in the parent-child relationship. Research questions were answered using multivariate analysis of canonical correlational analysis (CCA) to examine the associations between the independent and dependent variables. Results showed significant relationship between family structure variables of control and organization and parents' self-report of their general efficacy and their task specific efficacy for teaching and nurturing. The study also showed an inverse relationship between process variable of conflict and overall self-efficacy of parents' and their task specific efficacy for teaching and nurturing.