- Title
- Maternal fatigue, parenting self-efficacy, and overreactive discipline during the early childhood years: A test of a mediation model
- Creator
- Lesniowska, Raelene; Gent, Angela; Watson, Shaun
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/76643
- Identifier
- vital:7585
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/cp.12056
- Identifier
- ISSN:1328-4207
- Abstract
- Fatigue is common among mothers of infants and young children and associated with a range of negative parenting outcomes. Little is understood, however, about the mechanisms by which fatigue may impact on parenting, particularly among mothers beyond 12 months post-partum. This study investigated the relationship between maternal fatigue and overreactive discipline, and whether parenting self-efficacy mediates this relationship. Methods: Participants were 252 Australian mothers of 1-4 years old children. Levels of fatigue, parenting self-efficacy, and overreactive discipline were recorded via a self-report questionnaire. Results: A simple mediation model analysis provided support for the direct effect of fatigue on overreactive discipline, as well as the mediation of this relationship by parenting self-efficacy. Conclusions: These findings suggest fatigue may contribute to overreactive discipline in mothers of young children via two pathways: directly, and indirectly via parenting self-efficacy. Interventions that support mothers to manage fatigue and maintain a sense of parenting self-efficacy while facing ongoing exhaustion may promote the use of more effective and less adverse discipline responses with children.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Relation
- Clinical Psychologist Vol. , no. (2015), p.
- Rights
- Copyright Blackwells
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Discipline; Fatigue; Parenting; Self-efficacy; 1701 Psychology
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