The Mediating Role of Maternal Psychological Capital on the Relationship between Social Support and Parenting Competence: Evidence from Chinese Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Yue, Yaping; Yuan, Haojie; Tan, Beijia; Wu, Dandan
Titel	The Mediating Role of Maternal Psychological Capital on the Relationship between Social Support and Parenting Competence: Evidence from Chinese Mothers
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 34 (2023) 5, S.1274-1288 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wu, Dandan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2022.2098761
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mothers; Social Support Groups; Parenting Skills; Preschool Children; Competence; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Resilience (Psychology); Personality Traits; Self Efficacy; Persistence; Psychological Patterns; Expectation; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kompetenz; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausdauer; Expectancy; Erwartung
Abstract	Research Findings: This study aims to explore the possible mediators between social support and parenting competence in Chinese mothers of preschoolers. Altogether 538 Chinese mothers were sampled and surveyed with the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Psychological Capital Scale (PCS-24), and the Chinese versions of the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (C-PSOC). The results indicated that: (1) Chinese mothers' social support, psychological capital, and parenting competence were medium-level, and there were significant differences across different demographical profiles; (2) social support was positively correlated with maternal psychological capital (MPC) (r = 0.454, p < 0.001) and parenting competence (r = 0.288, p < 0.001); while MPC was positively correlated with parenting competence (r = 0.519, p < 0.001); (3) further regression analysis showed that social support significantly predicted MPC ([beta] = 0.456, p < 0.001) and parenting competence ([beta] = 0.280, p < 0.001), while MPC significantly predicted parenting competence ([beta] = 0.543, p < 0.001); (4) MPC significantly mediated the relationship between social support and parenting competence (95% CI =[0.2355,0.3784], F = 112.530, p < 0.001). The educational implications of these findings are also discussed. Policy and Implications: The findings indicated that sufficient support for building up maternal psychological capital should be provided to better implement social support for Chinese mothers and enhance their parenting competence. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01