Abstract

The current study aims to test the ideas that parental self-efficacy is associated with parenting style, parents’ help-seeking orientation from teachers, and subjective well-being. Based on the literature background presented, two hypotheses were examined: First, autonomy help-seeking orientation, the authoritative parenting style, and high subjective well-being would be positive predictors of parental self-efficacy. Second, dependent help-seeking orientation and non-authoritative parenting styles are negative predictors of parental self-efficacy. One hundred and thirty-two parents of school-age children answered questionnaires measuring the research and background variables. A multivariate regression analysis found that the independent variables explain about 53% of the variance of the parental self-efficacy scores, with subjective well-being and the authoritative parenting style being uniquely associated with high parental self-efficacy, and the permissive parenting style being uniquely associated with low parental self-efficacy. The present study focuses on parental self-efficacy as an important parental component, demonstrating the personal characteristics of parents that may affect their perceived efficacy, and offers an integrative portrait of factors that can describe parents’ attitudes and behavior toward their competence as parents. Implications for intervention are discussed.

摘要

目前的研究旨在测试父母自我效能感与教养方式、父母寻求教师帮助的倾向和主观幸福感相关的观点。基于所呈现的文献背景，研究了两个假设：首先，自主求助取向、权威教养方式和高度主观幸福感是父母自我效能感的积极预测因素。其次，依赖求助取向和非权威教养方式是父母自我效能感的负面预测因素。132 名学龄儿童的父母回答了测量研究和背景变量的问卷。多元回归分析发现，自变量解释了父母自我效能感得分方差的约 53%，主观幸福感和权威教养方式与高父母自我效能感独特相关，放任教养方式与低父母自我效能感独特相关。本研究将父母自我效能作为父母的一个重要组成部分，展示了可能影响其感知效能的父母的个人特征，并提供了可以描述父母对其作为父母的能力的态度和行为的因素的综合描述。讨论了干预的意义。展示了可能影响其感知效能的父母的个人特征，并提供了可以描述父母对其作为父母的能力的态度和行为的因素的综合描述。讨论了干预的意义。展示了可能影响其感知效能的父母的个人特征，并提供了可以描述父母对其作为父母的能力的态度和行为的因素的综合描述。讨论了干预的意义。