Discrepancy in Parenting Behaviours Predicts Children’s Academic Self-Efficacy and Anxiety.

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2017-07-14

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Kara, Demet
Sümer, Nebi

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This study aims to investigate the effect of discrepancies between parenting behaviours on children's anxiety and academic self-efficacy. We specifically focused on the universal (emotional warmth and rejection) and culture-specific (comparison, overprotection, guilt induction, and intrusion) parenting behaviours and examined the effects of discrepancies between perceived maternal and paternal parenting behaviours. Overall, 1931 primary school students completed the measures of perceived universal and culture-specific parenting behaviours, academic self-efficacy for Math and Literature courses, State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. Results of regression analyses revealed that the discrepancy between paternal and maternal parenting behaviours, specifically rejection, intrusion, and overprotection, negatively predicted children's academic selfefficacy and positively predicted anxiety over and above the main effects of these variables, suggesting that discrepancy in parenting behaviours have adverse developmental outcomes. Discrepancy in rejection however, positively predicted boys' Literature self-efficacy which might suggest that even one of the parents being less rejecting has a potential buffering effect. These results revealed that the inconsistency between two parents' child rearing behaviours makes children confused, may increase their general anxiety and decrease their academic self-efficacy at least on two critical academic domains. Current study has contributed to understanding the effects of discrepancies between maternal and paternal parenting behaviours from the perspective of selfdetermination theory, double-bind theory, cultural differences, and gender roles. Findings were discussed considering the implications of the inconsistencies between parents on child rearing practices and potential cultural differences.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/85556

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15th European Congress of Psychology. Amsterdam, (11 - 14 Temmuz 2017)

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D. Kara and N. Sümer, “Discrepancy in Parenting Behaviours Predicts Children’s Academic Self-Efficacy and Anxiety.,” presented at the 15th European Congress of Psychology. Amsterdam, (11 - 14 Temmuz 2017), Amsterdam, Hollanda, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/85556.