Dissertation
The Self-Efficacy Scale for Parenting Adolescents: Development and Initial Validation
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004628
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/124955
Abstract
Adolescence can be a difficult developmental period for children and their parents. During this time, parents need to develop new skills, and their perceived self-efficacy for parenting their adolescent may decrease. However, few measures exist that assess self-efficacy for parenting adolescents, and of those that do, none have been demonstrated to be psychometrically sound. The purpose of this study was to develop the Self-efficacy Scale for Parenting Adolescents (SEPA), a measure of self-efficacy for parents of adolescents that assesses confidence in enacting behaviors representative of successful adolescent parenting. A preliminary version of the self-efficacy scale was developed in Study 1, which was completed by 305 parents of adolescents. An EFA was conducted and a four-factor model with reduced items was recommended. In Study 2, a CFA was conducted on a revised version of SEPA which provided further support for a four-factor model and supported SEPA’s convergent and incremental validity. The Self-efficacy Scale for Parenting Adolescents appears to be a promising new measure for assessing self-efficacy for parenting adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18.
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- Title
- The Self-Efficacy Scale for Parenting Adolescents
- Creators
- Katrina Helen McDougall
- Contributors
- Walter D Scott (Advisor)Jessica L Fales (Committee Member)Paul S Strand (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 53
- Identifiers
- OCLC#: 1363847387; 99900898117101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation