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02-02-2022 | Empirical Research

Parental Self-Efficacy and Physiological Responses to Stress among Mothers of Early Adolescents

Auteurs: Christy Miller Buchanan, Meghan J. Gangel, Amy L. McCurdy, Anne C. Fletcher, Cheryl Buehler

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 4/2022

Abstract

Little research addresses how parental self-efficacy is related to stress responses, and no research does so among parents of early adolescents. To fill this research gap, the current study examined the association between maternal self-efficacy and physiological stress responses during early adolescence. Participants were 68 mother–early adolescent dyads with youth in the 6th grade (M = 11 years; 56% female). Physiological responses (i.e., skin conductance, respiratory sinus arrythmia, cortisol) were measured before and after mothers observed their children engage in a modified Trier Social Stress Test for Children. Mothers reported on parental self-efficacy. Mothers with higher parental self-efficacy exhibited a more moderate skin conductance response to the speech portion of the task, and a smaller increase in cortisol, compared to mothers with lower parental self-efficacy. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia change was not related to parental self-efficacy. The findings are consistent with a “caring but confident” physiological profile among mothers with high parental self-efficacy, suggesting that greater confidence about parental influence might reduce parents’ experience of stress/anxiety as they observe children face certain challenges.

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Titel: Parental Self-Efficacy and Physiological Responses to Stress among Mothers of Early Adolescents
Auteurs: Christy Miller Buchanan
Meghan J. Gangel
Amy L. McCurdy
Anne C. Fletcher
Cheryl Buehler
Publicatiedatum: 02-02-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 4/2022
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01577-6

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