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Authoritative parenting of Chinese mothers of children with and without intellectual disability

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posted on 2023-05-19, 03:57 authored by Su, H, Monica CuskellyMonica Cuskelly, Gilmore, L, Sullivan, K
The present study examined authoritative parenting and associations with parenting sense of competence and social support in Chinese mothers of children with intellectual disability and mothers of typically developing children. One hundred and sixty-seven mothers of children with intellectual disability with a mean age of 10.89 years (SD = 1.74) and 119 mothers of typically developing children with a mean age of 10.55 years (SD = 1.10) participated in a survey. Mothers of children with intellectual disability reported similar levels of parental warmth, and less use of reasoning and autonomy support compared with mothers of typically developing children. Parenting efficacy contributed uniquely to three dimensions of authoritative parenting for mothers of children with intellectual disability. By comparison, parenting efficacy did not contribute to use of reasoning and autonomy support for mothers of typically developing children. Social support made a unique but small contribution to parental warmth but not to parental reasoning and autonomy support for mothers of children with intellectual disability. For mothers of typically developing children, social support was associated with both parental warmth and autonomy support. This study suggests that child disability status is related to maternal authoritative parenting, and additionally, parenting efficacy plays a more critical role in predicting authoritative parenting of Chinese mothers of children with intellectual disability than mothers of typically developing children.

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Publication title

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volume

26

Issue

4

Pagination

1173-1183

ISSN

1062-1024

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Springer

Place of publication

USA

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Copyright 2016 Springer Science+Business Media New Yo

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Families and family services

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