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Linking Maternal Efficacy Beliefs, Developmental Goals, Parenting Practices, and Child Competence in Rural Single‐Parent African American Families
Author(s) -
Brody Gene H.,
Flor Douglas L.,
Gibson Nicole Morgan
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8624.00087
Subject(s) - psychology , competence (human resources) , developmental psychology , psychosocial , child rearing , self efficacy , parenting styles , early childhood , child development , socioeconomic status , social psychology , population , demography , psychiatry , sociology
With a sample of 139 rural, single‐parent African American families with a 6‐ to 9‐year‐old child, we traced the links among family financial resource adequacy, maternal childrearing efficacy beliefs, developmental goals, parenting practices, and children's academic and psychosocial competence. A multimethod, multiinformant design was used to assess the constructs of interest. Consistent with the hypothesized paths, financial resource adequacy was linked with mothers' sense of childrearing efficacy. Efficacy beliefs were linked with parenting practices indirectly through developmental goals. Competence‐promoting parenting practices were indirectly linked with children's academic and psychosocial competence through their association with children's self‐regulation.