Investigation of the role of self-care dimensions in parenting self-efficacy in women referring to eastern health centers

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Simin  Zaghibi Confectionery ¹ (PhD in Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran)
Cyrus  Alipour ² (Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran)
Sahar  Baranian ³ (Master of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran)

Received: 2017-08-16 Accepted : 2018-10-20 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: Self-care, maternal self-efficacy, women referring to health centers,

Abstract :

     The mother's feelings of parenting ability are titled "maternal self-efficacy" that affects maternal actions. This research plans to Investigation of the role of self-care dimensions in parenting self-efficacy in women referring to Ahvaz health centers. In order to proposed model study, 381 women referring to 4 health centers of Ahvaz city in the year 2016 were selected by stage random sampling method and completed the Mindful Self-Care Scale and the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale. Gathered data were analyzed by using SPSS-21 software. The results of this study showed that self-care dimensions accounted for 40% of maternal self-efficacy variable variance. The most important predictors of maternal self-efficacy included environmental self-care, medicine and mindfulness. These findings make it clear that, despite the experience and parenting education, physical health and mental relaxation have an impact on a mother ability to perform her duties, and these have a significant share.

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