Parenting Knowledge: Experiential and Sociodemographic Factors in European American Mothers of Young Children

Autor/inn/en	Bornstein, Marc H.; Cote, Linda R.; Haynes, O. Maurice; Hahn, Chun-Shin; Park, Yoonjung
Titel	Parenting Knowledge: Experiential and Sociodemographic Factors in European American Mothers of Young Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 6, S.1677-1693 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0020677
Schlagwörter	Social Status; Employment Level; Mothers; Child Rearing; Early Parenthood; Child Development; Whites; Knowledge Level; Parenting Skills; Well Being; Comparative Analysis; Age Differences; Educational Attainment; Adults; Adolescents; Adoption; Parent Education; Toddlers; Information Sources + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Status; Beschäftigungsgrad; Mother; Mutter; Kindererziehung; Kindesentwicklung; White; Weißer; Wissensbasis; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Information source; Informationsquelle
Abstract	Knowledge of child rearing and child development is relevant to parenting and the well-being of children. Using a sociodemographically heterogeneous sample of 268 European American mothers of 2-year-olds, we assessed the state of mothers' parenting knowledge; compared parenting knowledge in groups of mothers who varied in terms of parenthood and social status; and identified principal sources of mothers' parenting knowledge in terms of social factors, parenting supports, and formal classes. On the whole, European American mothers demonstrated fair but less than complete basic parenting knowledge; age, education, and rated helpfulness of written materials each uniquely contributed to mothers' knowledge. Adult mothers scored higher than adolescent mothers, and mothers improved in their knowledge of parenting from their first to their second child (and were stable across time). No differences were found between mothers of girls and boys, mothers who varied in employment status, or birth and adoptive mothers. The implications of variation in parenting knowledge and its sources for parenting education and clinical interactions with parents are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10