Perceived Collective Efficacy and Parenting Competence: The Roles of Quality of Life and Hope

Bilha Davidson Arad*, Jill D. McLeigh, Carmit Katz

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Abstract

Parents' perceptions of their parenting competence predict successful implementation of parenting tasks and contribute to their interest and involvement in parenting and to their children's development. Thus, identifying factors that contribute to parents' perceptions of parenting competence can help inform efforts to promote children's safety and well-being. The present study employs social disorganization theory to examine the relationship between collective efficacy and parents' sense of competence, measured along two dimensions: parental efficacy and parental satisfaction. It examines the direct association between the two constructs and whether the association is mediated by parent perceptions of their quality of life (QOL) and sense of hope. Data were collected from 198 parents residing in a neighborhood in southern Tel Aviv, Israel. The analyses indicated that high collective efficacy was directly associated with high parental efficacy, but not with high parental satisfaction. Using structural equation modeling, a mediation model was found whereby higher collective efficacy was associated with (a) higher QOL, which in turn was related to a greater sense of hope, which was linked with higher parental efficacy; and (b) higher QOL, which was directly associated with higher parental satisfaction. The findings provide further support to the idea that neighborhood characteristics play an important role in parents' ability to care for their children.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)273-287
Number of pages15
JournalFamily Process
Volume59
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2020

Keywords

  • Collective Efficacy
  • Hope
  • Parenting Sense of Competence
  • Quality of Life

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