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INITIAL VALIDATION OF THE ASSESSMENT OF PARENTING TOOL: A TASK- AND DOMAIN-LEVEL MEASURE OF PARENTING SELF-EFFICACY FOR PARENTS OF INFANTS FROM BIRTH TO 24 MONTHS OF AGE.
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Infant Mental Health Journal . May/Jun2016, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p222-234. 13p. 6 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT Parenting self-efficacy (PSE) includes parents' self-perceptions regarding their capabilities in performing the numerous and changing tasks associated with parenting a specific child (i.e., domain-specific PSE) as well as their self-perceptions in the parenting role overall (i.e., domain-general PSE). Prior literature has demonstrated PSE's relations with numerous constructs significant to mental health and the parent-infant relationship. Prior measures of PSE have been limited by focusing on only domain-specific or domain-general PSE, ignoring the importance of infant development to PSE, and other psychometric limitations. This article presents sound psychometric data for a new measure of PSE, the Assessment of Parenting Tool (APT). The APT includes task-level items on the Domain-Specific subscale (APT-DS) for each age-referenced version of the measure as well as a domain-general subscale that taps overall PSE within the first 24 months' postpartum. Initial construct validity of the measure is established, particularly for parents of infants aged 3 months and older. A stable, three-factor structure for the domain-general subscale includes 'coping with being a parent,' 'attuned parenting,' and 'self-perceived model parenting.' Future directions for the APT, including a revised checklist format for the domain-specific subscale, are included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01639641
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Infant Mental Health Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 115197540
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21567