Parenting sense of competence and its predictors among primiparous women: a longitudinal study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parenting sense of competence significantly affects the quality of parenting behaviours and healthy infant development. However, primiparous women without parenting experience may lack confidence and feel stress. This study aimed to explore the status of parenting sense of competence and identify its predictors among primiparous women.

Methods

A longitudinal study design was used. Primiparous women were recruited by using a convenience sample from two women's and children's hospitals in two cities in China. All primiparous women completed questionnaires on demographic characteristics, infant characteristics, family function, and parenting sense of competence at 1 month postpartum. At 3 months postpartum, each women's parenting sense of competence was re-assessed.

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9260977 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature