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Effects of Infants' and Toddlers' Temperament and Mothers' Parenting Self-Efficacy on Parenting Behavior  

Kim, Mi Jeong (동아대학교)
Lee, Kyung Nim (동아대학교 아동가족학과)
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Korean Journal of Childcare and Education / v.7, no.4, 2011 , pp. 253-271 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the effects of infants' and toddlers' temperament and mothers' parenting self-efficacy on parenting behavior. Two hundred and thirty-two mothers with infants and toddlers completed the questionnaires regarding children's temperament, parenting self-efficacy and parenting behavior. The collected data were analysed by correlations and pathway analysis. The results were as follows: First, infants' and toddlers' temperament directly and indirectly through mothers' parenting self-efficacy affected affectionate and permissive-uninvolved parenting behavior. Second, mothers' parenting self-efficacy directly affected affectionate, authoritarian and permissive-uninvolved parenting behavior and mediated between children's temperament and mothers' parenting behavior. Additionally the most important variable predicting mothers' affectionate and permissive-uninvolved parenting behavior was infants' and toddlers' temperament, and the most important variable for authoritarian parenting behavior was mothers' parenting self-efficacy.
Keywords
parenting behavior; temperament; parenting self-efficacy; infant and toddler;
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