Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community
Volume 20, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 197-213

Parental Self-Efficacy and social support as predictors of parenting practices and children’s socioemotional adjustment in mexican immigrant families (Article)

Izzo C.* , Weiss L. , Shanahan T. , Rodriguez-Brown F.
  • a University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
  • b University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
  • c University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
  • d University of Illinois at Chicago, United States

Abstract

The current study examined the hypotheses that (1) parental self-efficacy partially mediates the relationships between social support and both parental warmth and control, and (2) these parenting variables relate positively to children's socioemotional adjustment. First-generation, Mexican immigrant mothers were interviewed regarding social support, parental self-efficacy, parenting practices, and their child's socioemotional adjustment. Overall, results from path analyses suggest that, for Mexican immigrant families, social support relates to parenting practices partly because those with greater social support feel more efficacious as parents. Findings also showed that parenting characterized by warmth or control is associated with greater socioemotional adjustment among children. This research supports the idea that, for programs designed to influence parenting practices, simply providing social support may be less important than taking steps to enhance parental self-efficacy. © 2000 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

Social support parenting practices self-efficacy Child adjustment Mexican immigrants

Index Keywords

ethnic group female immigrant social support parental behavior child behavior Mexico self concept Article emotion social adaptation United States human adult child parent relation Child
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DOI: 10.1300/J005v20n01_13
ISSN: 10852352
Cited by: 78
Original Language: English