Parental Self-Efficacy: A Concept Analysis Related to Teen Parenting and Implications for School Nurses

Levels of parental self-efficacy are correlated with both positive and negative care delivery and developmental outcomes for parents and their infants. School nurses are in a unique position to facilitate parenting self-efficacy in teen parents. Using the concept analysis framework of Walker and Ava...

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Published inThe Journal of school nursing Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 8 - 14
Main Authors Sims, Debra C, Skarbek, Anita J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States SAGE Publications 01.02.2019
Subjects
Adolescent
Child Rearing
Early Parenthood
Female
Humans
Male
Parenting - psychology
Parents
Parents - psychology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence - psychology
School Nurses
School Nursing - methods
Self Efficacy
parental self-efficacy
parenting confidence
concept analysis
teen parenting
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Summary:Levels of parental self-efficacy are correlated with both positive and negative care delivery and developmental outcomes for parents and their infants. School nurses are in a unique position to facilitate parenting self-efficacy in teen parents. Using the concept analysis framework of Walker and Avant, "parental self-efficacy" is analyzed and elucidated to distinguish the concept's defining attributes, antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents. The operational definition of parental self-efficacy arising from this concept review is an individual's belief that he or she is capable of integrating and executing the knowledge and skills necessary to parent their infant. Model, borderline, related, and contrary cases are presented, along with implications for school nursing practice. School nurses are ideally situated to assist teen parents with parental self-efficacy realization tasks.
ISSN:1059-8405
1546-8364
DOI:10.1177/1059840518755871