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Parenting efficacy, aggressive parenting and cultural connections
Author(s) -
Ortega D.M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2001.00181.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , locus of control , scale (ratio) , exploratory research , social psychology , clinical psychology , sociology , geography , cartography , anthropology
This paper describes an exploratory study examining parenting efficacy, behaviours related to child–parent conflict and cultural connection. Fifty‐four low‐income mothers from diverse cultural backgrounds responded to a questionnaire that included the Parental Locus of Control Scale, the Conflict Tactic Scale, and a composite scale measuring the degree that mothers were connected to their self‐identified culture. Non‐parametric statistical measures were used to analyse study data. Results indicate differences between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culturally connected mothers on parenting measures. Mothers with ‘high’ cultural connection were less aggressive parents and felt more responsible for their child’s behaviour.