Investigating Maternal Self-Efficacy and Home Learning Environment of Families Enrolled in Head Start

Autor/inn/en	Bojczyk, Kathryn Elizabeth; Haverback, Heather Rogers; Pae, Hye K.
Titel	Investigating Maternal Self-Efficacy and Home Learning Environment of Families Enrolled in Head Start
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 46 (2018) 2, S.169-178 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-017-0853-y
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Self Efficacy; Family Environment; Federal Programs; Home Programs; Preschool Children; Parents as Teachers; Parent Child Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Parent Surveys; Path Analysis; Goodness of Fit; Correlation; Reading Readiness; Parent Attitudes; Receptive Language; Vocabulary Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Familienmilieu; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Messdaten; Pfadanalyse; Korrelation; Reading rate; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Elternverhalten; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Wortschatzarbeit
Abstract	The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between mothers' self-efficacy beliefs, their preschool children's home learning environments, and literacy skills. A sample of 112 mother-child dyads was recruited from Head Start centers in rural and urban communities. The measures included maternal self-efficacy and maternal perceptions of child's readiness to read as well as the Stipek Home Learning Activities (SHLA) scale, Home-Learning Environment Profile (HLEP), and the Stony Brook Family Reading Survey (SBFRS). Modeling path analysis was performed. Model fit indices indicated that the resulting model was a good fit for the data. Concerning the direct effects of maternal self-efficacy on home learning environment, positive significant effects for the SHLA measure as well as the HLEP were found. However, no direct effect was found with regard to maternal self-efficacy on SBFRS indicating evidence for the domain specificity of efficacy beliefs. Implications of the study include findings that higher maternal self-efficacy is related to creating a more positive home learning environment. Additionally, higher maternal perceptions of child readiness to read mediates the relationships between higher maternal self-efficacy and a more positive home literacy environment. Moreover, these findings highlight the link between home learning environment and children's receptive vocabulary skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01