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Mental health of parents with young children in Hong Kong: the roles of parenting stress and parenting self‐efficacy

Mental health of parents with young children in Hong Kong: the roles of parenting stress and... This study aimed to explore the sources of parenting stress and the mental health of parents with kindergarten and primary school children in Hong Kong. It also examined the intervening effects of parenting self‐efficacy on mental health of parents. Results indicated that parents who perceived their children as more demanding, less acceptable and less reinforcing had more parenting stress. Those who found their parental roles to be more restrictive also had more parenting stress. Lastly, parenting self‐efficacy moderated the effects of parenting stress on the mental health of parents. Cultural and social factors were put forward to explain these findings and suggestions were made towards reducing the parenting stress experienced by parents with younger children in Hong Kong. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Child & Family Social Work Wiley

Mental health of parents with young children in Hong Kong: the roles of parenting stress and parenting self‐efficacy

Child & Family Social Work , Volume 5 (1) – Feb 1, 2000

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Blackwell Science Ltd
ISSN
1356-7500
eISSN
1365-2206
DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2206.2000.00138.x
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Abstract

This study aimed to explore the sources of parenting stress and the mental health of parents with kindergarten and primary school children in Hong Kong. It also examined the intervening effects of parenting self‐efficacy on mental health of parents. Results indicated that parents who perceived their children as more demanding, less acceptable and less reinforcing had more parenting stress. Those who found their parental roles to be more restrictive also had more parenting stress. Lastly, parenting self‐efficacy moderated the effects of parenting stress on the mental health of parents. Cultural and social factors were put forward to explain these findings and suggestions were made towards reducing the parenting stress experienced by parents with younger children in Hong Kong.

Journal

Child & Family Social WorkWiley

Published: Feb 1, 2000

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