Browsing by Subject "lapsen sosioemotionaalinen kehitys"

Parenting sense of competence means the parents' self-assessed ability in the parenting role and how they feel about their ability to positively influence the development of their children. Higher sense of parenting competency has been found to be more abundant in the context of interaction with the child, as well as increased sensitivity to meet the child's needs. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of both fathers' and mothers' parenting sense of competence and its relation to socio-emotional skills of toddlers. There were three research problems: 1) What kind of perception the parents of toddlers have of their parenthood? 2) What kind of socio-emotional skills do toddlers have? 3) How do parents' perceptions of their parenting sense of competence appear in the child's socio-emotional skills? Bronfenbrenner ecological systems theory as well as the parenting process model of Belsky act as a theoretical frame of reference for the study. This quantitative research data consisted of University of Helsinki Children's regulation of stress and learning (Lasso) -research project questionnaires that were collected during the years 2011–2016. In addition to family background data, the parenting sense of competence for fathers and mothers (N = 168) were analyzed on the basis of their self-perceived efficacy and satisfaction. The socioemotional skills of toddlers (N = 121) as assessed by early educators were analyzed aswell. The children were at the time the research 10 to 48 months of age. The data was analyzed by using correlation analysis, t-test, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test and analysis of variance. Both the fathers' and mothers' parenting sense of competence turned into a strong. Parents' views of their self-efficacy were similar but the mothers' satisfaction with parenting was driven at a higher level than fathers'. Children's socio-emotional skills were evaluated mostly pretty good. Their social self-confidence was at a higher level than their skills in emotion regulation. The connection was most significant with parenting self-efficacy and children's emotion regulation. There was no statistically significant relationship between the family background information and parenting sense of competence or children's socio-emotional skills.