Autonomous and Controlled Motivation for Parenting: Associations with Parent and Child Outcomes

Abstract

The present investigation examined motivation for parenting and some of its correlates in parents and children. The data came from samples of 151 first-time mothers of infants, 153 mothers of middle school children, and 260 mothers and fathers of high school children. Parents provided self-report data about their motivation in their parenting role as well as reports of role satisfaction, parental competence, child temperament, and parenting styles.Using 3 samples, factor analyses confirmed the distinction between autonomous and controlled forms of parenting motivation. Autonomous motivation refers to investing in the parenting role because it is interesting and meaningful

Revisión sistemática del estudio de las motivaciones para la parentalidad

“…Retirando las publicaciones en los EUA, la producción encontrada se presentó de la siguiente manera: Europa: 10; Asia: 6; África: 3 y Oceanía: 2. También se encontraron cuatro estudios transculturales realizados en: 1) Camerún, Costa Rica, Alemania y China (Chasiotis, Bender, & Hofer, 2014); 2) Inglaterra y Grecia (Cassidy & Sintrovani, 2008); 3) Canadá, EUA y Francia (Jungert et al, 2014) y 4) EUA y Canadá (Stanford & Porucznik, 2017). No se encontraron estudios sobre MP en países Latinoamericanos.…”

“…Dos de ellos, evaluaron la intensidad de la disposición para tener hijos (Boehne, 2010;Gerson, 1983); otro investigó la influencia de variables psicológicas, económicas, sociodemográficas así como la interacción con la pareja (Beckman, Aizenberg, Forsythe, & Day, 1983); uno realizo un análisis de las MP relacionándolas con la teoría del miedo y la necesidad de transcendencia (Hoppe, Fritsche, & Koranyi, 2016) y otro utilizo el modelo de interacción simbólica que refiere que una persona se define y elige formas de actuar basándose en las expectativas sociales impuestas (Wesley, 2003). Otros enfoques utilizados en el estudio de las MP fueron: la teoría de la Autodeterminación de Deciy Ryan (Brenning et al, 2015;Dor & Cohen-Fridel, 2010;Jungert et al, 2014); la teoría psicodinámica (Rabin, 1965); la psicología evolutiva del desarrollo (Chasiotis et al, 2014) y la teoría deconstruccionismo social (Goldberg et al, 2012). Técnicas e instrumentos utilizados para evaluar las MP: La técnica más usada fue la escala de auto relato (n=33; 67,3%), regularmente utilizada debido a que es rápida, económica y accesible (Cozby, 2002).…”

A Structural Equation Model of Perceived Autonomy Support and Growth Mindset in Undergraduate Students: The Mediating Role of Sense of Coherence

“…Furthermore, SDT addresses that individuals are inherently active, and intrinsic motivations emerge automatically in his or her interaction with the environment; if available, social support resources can foster their autonomy, thereby activating their organismic processes of growth and integration ( Ryan and Deci, 2000 ; Jungert et al, 2015 ). In this regard, encouraging individuals to explore independently and validate their perspectives may engender a sense of control and mastery, which may channel them into beliefs that basic attributes are malleable and can be cultivated through efforts ( Kim et al, 2017 ).…”

Experiencing Nature to Satisfy Basic Psychological Needs in Parenting: A Quasi-Experiment in Family Shelters

“…Basic psychological needs have been assessed to understand individual differences in parenting experiences. Parents who find fulfillment of their needs for relatedness, competence and autonomy in their role as parents would be more prone to experience wellbeing [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] and maintain autonomy-supportive parenting practices [ 5 , 7 , 8 ]. Self-determination theory may therefore be useful for evaluating efforts to optimize the social or physical environment in which parenting occurs.…”