Parenting Self-Efficacy of Working Mother Who Have Toddler

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220404.245How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Working mother; Toddler; Parenting self-efficacy

Abstract

In the modern era, there are gender equality which women who also a mother involved in the family support. Thus, this dual role raises problems for women to caring for their children and related to parenting self efficacy. Parenting self-efficacy is an important construct regarding the mother’s beliefs about caring their children to provide nurture and positive influence on children’s behavior and development. This study aims to describe parenting self-efficacy of working mother who have toddler. Study design using a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Data were collected using structured interviews and observations. The participants of this study were working mothers who have only one toddler. The results indicate that the dimensions that can be met by the three participants are the play dimension, which is providing fun games for children and being actively involved in playing with children and the instrumental care, establishment of structure, and routines dimensions, namely making a routine daily schedule according to child needs. Meanwhile, the dimensions that cannot be fulfilled by the three participants are the dimensions of discipline and limit setting, which provide rules or limits on what children can and cannot do. High parenting self-efficacy of the three participants was due to the presence of socio and marital support factors, especially the involvement of other caregivers, which made it easier for mothers to carry out their parenting roles.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Theresa Gabye Ananda Mbere Radja
AU  - Heryanti Satyadi
AU  - Roswiyani Roswiyani
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/21
TI  - Parenting Self-Efficacy of Working Mother Who Have Toddler
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1524
EP  - 1530
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.245
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220404.245
ID  - Radja2022
ER  -