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Delineating Among Parenting Confidence, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Competence
Ashlee J Vance1, Debra H Brandon
1Division of Women and Children (Dr Brandon), Duke University School of Nursing (Ms Vance), Durham, North Carolina.
Abstract:
This article examined the concepts of parenting self-efficacy, parenting confidence, and competence. Using Morse's method of concept delineation, a literature review of each concept was conducted to uncover commonalities, distinctions, and measurement overlaps between concepts and provide conceptual boundaries. Findings revealed that parenting confidence and parenting self-efficacy describe a parents' internal attribution or beliefs about their ability to engage in parenting behaviors. Both terms have similar antecedents, attributes, and consequences, whereas competence is a concept that should be used as an objective measure by someone other than the parent to assess parenting quality.
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