Validation of the Scale of Perceived Self-Efficacy of Maternal Parenting in Brazilian Sample

Abstract

Introduction: self-efficacy matches the belief that a person has that she is able to produce the results she wants to achieve. The beliefs of self-efficacy that parents have about the baby emerge as a powerful predictor of positive parenting. Objective: this study aimed to evaluate the maternal self-efficacy behavior in hospitalized mothers and validate an instrument for measuring this concept developed and validated in England by Barnes and Adamson-Macedo, in 2007. Method: this crosssectional exploratory study convenience cohort comprised 87 mothers of newborn babies, 26 premature and 61 full-term infants. The scale Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy (PMP S-E), which consists of 20 items that represent four subscales was tested for reliability and validity. Results: the internal consistency of the scale PAEPM reached a value of .86, the internal consistency and reliability estimates for each of the subscales also reached acceptable values. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) confirmed the validity of the construct and the scores of self-efficacy were normally distributed for both subgroups and total sample. Conclusions: PMP S-E scale proved to be an easy application tool and psychometrically robust, reliable and valid for use with mothers of hospitalized new-borns both premature as the term clinically stable. It is a reliable method of identifying mothers of babies who need more support from the hospital staff.

Estresse materno pós-alta do recém-nascido prematuro

“…In this study, it was found that mothers who had more children, in addition to the preterm whose hospitalization followed in NICU, had lower stress level than mothers who had fewer children, and this can be explained by the fact that women who had previously experienced motherhood have greater conviction in successfully carrying out baby care activities. 14 In addition, mothers who had previous experience of hospitalization of a child in the NICU had lower stress levels than those who had no experience. It can be said, therefore, that previous experience in NICU can characterize a positive aspect in the experience between mother-baby related to greater confidence in the care of a preterm newborn.…”

“…This result was similar to another study conducted with mothers of premature newborns in which age and education were not statistically significant regarding maternal stress level. 14 In this study, the mothers who had formal occupation among those who had the highest stress level, with scores between the 50th and 100th percentile were identified. Thus, it is evident that leaving the child with another caregiver at home or in day care centers and going to work sets an element that triggers greater maternal concern and increases the level of stress.…”

Design and construction of the Maternal Self-efficacy Scale for the Prevention of Excess Weight / Diseño y construcción de la Escala de Autoeficacia Materna para la Prevención del Exceso de Peso

“…For the Perception of Self-efficacy of Maternal Parentality Scale (PAEPM for its acronym in Portugesese) designed by Barnes and Adamson-Macedo (2007), which assess the maternal self-efficacy of newborns, the sample consisted of 87 mothers, 26 with premature infants and 61 term infants, the PAEPM (α = .86) has four subscales: Being careful (α = .78), Triggering behaviors (α = .74), Reading behavior (α = .70), and Situational beliefs (α = .80). The variance explained was: 44.5% in factor 1, 9.75% in factor 2, 7.9% in factor 3, and 6.8% in factor 4 (Tristão, Rabelo, Barnes & Adamson-Macedo, 2015).…”

Coparental Relationship and Self-Efficacy of Caregivers of Children with Cerebral Palsy

“…According to Bandura (1997), self-efficacy is the development of a sense of properties or abilities peculiar to the subject, which results in the domain of a specific situation that can cause a desired result. There are differences between the two components of self-efficacy, the first being an expectation of efficacy, and the second an expectation of results (Tristão, Neiva, Barnes, & Adamson-Macedo, 2015). An expectation of results refers to the belief that a given behavior will lead to a specific result, while an expectation of efficacy is the conviction that the person itself is capable of a behavior necessary to produce a result.…”