THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PARENTAL SELF EFFICACY IN THE EFFECT OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL P

Abstract

Perfectionism and self-efficacy levels play an important role in regulating parents' relationships with their children and behaving towards them. In this study, the mediating role of parental selfefficay in the effect of parental perfectionist characteristics on parenting behaviors was examined. In order to achieve this aim, the Parental Self-Efficay Scale for Mothers, developed by Coleman and Karraker (2000) and adapted to our culture by Demir (2005), and in this study, the Parental Sel-Efficay Scale, Alabama Parental Behavior Scale and Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale valid for all parents were used as a result of re-adaptation. Data were collected from a total of 367 mothers and 354 fathers, and a total of 721 parents. Correlational relationships were determined in the study and then AMOS program-based pathway analyses were used. As a result of the analyzes, it was seen that the self-oriented parental perfectionism had a significant effect on parental behaviors through parental self-efficacy. In other words, parental self-efficacy has assumed a mediating role in the effect of self-oriented perfectionist traits on parental behavior. According to the second hypothesis, it was seen that parental self-efficacy did not have a mediating role in the effect of parents' other-oriented perfectionist characteristics on parental behavior, and similarly, according to the third hypothesis, parental self-efficacy did not have a mediating role in the effect of parents' social-oriented perfectionist on parental behavior. These findings have been discussed and interpreted by similar studies. Recommendations were then made for future studies.