Delineating Among Parenting Confidence, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Competence

ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2017 Oct/Dec;40(4):E18-E37. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000179.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parent-Child Relations*
  • Parenting / psychology*
  • Parents / psychology*
  • Personal Satisfaction
  • Self Efficacy*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires