Testing Models of Associations Between Depression and Parenting Self-efficacy in Mothers: A Meta-analytic Review

Goodman, Sherryl H.; Simon, Hannah F. M.; McCarthy, Luke; Ziegler, J. Nicholas; Ceballos, Alex

doi:10.1007/s10567-022-00398-0

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“…One longitudinal study found bidirectional relations between mental health and parenting self-efficacy, such that women in the Netherlands with increased anxiety and depression had lower parenting self-efficacy (and vice versa; Kunseler et al, 2014). This bidirectional relation was also found in a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies on the topic (Goodman et al, 2022). Another compelling study compared United Kingdom women with depression to a control group with no mental health diagnoses, and found no differences in parenting knowledge, but that women with depression had lower parenting self-efficacy, predicted by their symptom severity (Eyden et al, 2023).…”

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Pregnancy Decision Making for Women With Mental Health Conditions: The Roles of Distress, Lay Beliefs, and Self-Efficacy

Klann,

Wong

2023

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Millions of people face unintended pregnancy each year, including thousands who are living with a mental health disorder, and must decide to terminate the pregnancy, become a parent, or place a child for adoption. While people of various genders, such as nonbinary people and transgender men, also face pregnancy, the current study highlighted the perspectives of women in particular, seeking to understand what unique circumstances may predict their pregnancy decision making in the context of mental health concerns. A sample of 327 women of reproductive age who self-identified as having a mental health condition were asked to consider the hypothetical situation of an unintended pregnancy and completed measures of psychological distress, parenting self-efficacy, and likelihood of choosing abortion. Qualitative data was transformed into two composite lay belief variables (perceived harm from pregnancy and mental health resilience) for inclusion in the model. Indirect effects revealed that psychological distress was related to higher likelihood of choosing an abortion through greater perceived harm from pregnancy and to lower likelihood of choosing an abortion through greater mental health resilience and higher parenting self-efficacy. The findings provide a nuanced view of pregnancy decision making from the perspective of women with mental health concerns.

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Pregnancy Decision Making for Women With Mental Health Conditions: The Roles of Distress, Lay Beliefs, and Self-Efficacy

Klann,

Wong

2023

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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“…Maternal depression has consistently been linked with lower levels of sensitivity in the literature. That is, during interactions with their children, greater depression in mothers is associated with lower warmth and responsiveness, higher harshness and intrusiveness, more frequent disengagement, and lower selfefficacy (e.g., Dix & Moed, 2019;Goodman, Simon, et al, 2022). Mothers are especially at risk for depression during the postpartum period (Reck et al, 2008), when they experience a major stress from the new role and responsibilities that follow the transition into parenthood (Cowan & Cowan, 2000).…”

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Satisfaction with parental responsibilities and disorganized attachment among infants of mothers at risk for depression.

Kim,

Goodman

2024

Journal of Family Psychology

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Growing attention has been placed on examining the family environment as antecedent of attachment, including the coparenting relationship. Parents’ satisfaction with the coparenting relationship may be particularly of interest when parents are at heightened risk for depression, as depression has been consistently linked to negative coparenting, poor quality of parenting, and insecure infant attachment. However, no study has examined the effects of parents’ satisfaction with the coparenting relationship on attachment. The present study examined mothers’ satisfaction with division of childrearing responsibilities, a component of coparenting, and its longitudinal and cross-sectional links with infant disorganized attachment, examining the quality of mothering as a mediator, in a sample of infants and mothers at elevated risk for depression (N = 234). We assessed maternal depressive symptoms at 3, 6, and 12 months of infant age, mothers’ satisfaction with the division of parental responsibilities at 3 and 12 months, the quality of mothering at 6 and 12 months, and infant disorganized attachment at 12 months. Mediation analyses revealed that at 12 months, mothers who were unsatisfied with fathers’ childrearing responsibilities had poorer quality of mothering, which in turn was linked to disorganized attachment in their infants. However, the longitudinal indirect association between satisfaction with childrearing responsibilities at 3 months and disorganization at 12 months mediated by maternal parenting at 6 months was not significant. Findings emphasize the importance of partner support in childrearing for mothers at risk for depression in shaping a healthy relationship between mothers and their infants, particularly as infants get older.

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“…Parenting self-e cacy is considered a primary determinant of parenting behavior, in uencing parents' psychological well-being and having a signi cant impact on children's psychological development and social adaptation 4,5 . Research indicates that low paternal parenting self-e cacy is associated with higher levels of hostile parenting 6 , while low maternal parenting self-e cacy has a signi cant bidirectional relationship with depression 7 . High parenting self-e cacy, on the other hand, positively affects empathy 8 , reduces children's behavioral problems 4,9 , enhances marital quality 10 , and improves overall family life quality 11 .…”

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The relationship between home-school cooperation and parenting self-efficacy : the Mediating Role of parental psychological flexibility and the Moderating Role of work-family conflict

Lei,

Li,

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Background. parenting self-efficacy has become a prevalent issue among Chinese parents, and home-school cooperation can to some extent enhance parents' parenting capabilities, aiding them in adopting positive parenting methods. However, there has been limited research on the underlying mechanisms of this interaction. Aims. This cross-sectional study aims to examine the process through which home-school cooperation enhances parenting self-efficacy among Chinese parents, with the goal of revealing practical pathways for effectively improving parenting self-efficacy. Sample. The participants in this study were parents of students from two primary and secondary schools in Shandong, China (n = 1328). Methods. We evaluated parents’ home-school cooperation, parenting self-efficacy, parental psychological flexibility, and work-family conflict. Results. The results indicate that (1) home-school cooperation significantly and positively predicts parenting self-efficacy; (2) parental psychological flexibility acts as a mediator between home-school cooperation and parenting self-efficacy; (3) work-family conflict moderates the relationship between home-school cooperation and parental psychological flexibility, as well as the relationship between parental psychological flexibility and parenting self-efficacy. Conclusions. These findings suggest the existence of a pathway from home-school cooperation to parental psychological flexibility, which subsequently influences parenting self-efficacy. This pathway is dependent on the level of work-family conflict.

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Testing Models of Associations Between Depression and Parenting Self-efficacy in Mothers: A Meta-analytic Review

Cited by 17 publications

References 86 publications

Pregnancy Decision Making for Women With Mental Health Conditions: The Roles of Distress, Lay Beliefs, and Self-Efficacy

Pregnancy Decision Making for Women With Mental Health Conditions: The Roles of Distress, Lay Beliefs, and Self-Efficacy

Satisfaction with parental responsibilities and disorganized attachment among infants of mothers at risk for depression.

The relationship between home-school cooperation and parenting self-efficacy : the Mediating Role of parental psychological flexibility and the Moderating Role of work-family conflict

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