Longitudinal Relations Among Maternal Self-Efficacy, Maternal Warmth, and Early Adolescents' Prosocial Behavior

Overview

Journal Parent Sci Pract

Publisher Routledge

Date 2021 Mar 18

PMID 33732095

Citations 5

Authors

Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri

Concetta Pastorelli

Eriona Thartori

Carolina Lunetti

Laura Di Giunta

Dario Bacchini

Jennifer E Lansford

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Abstract

Objective: This article examined two-wave longitudinal paths among maternal self-efficacy, maternal warmth, and early adolescents' prosocial behavior.

Design: Participants were 194 Italian mother/child dyads from 9-13 years at the first assessment and 12-15 years at the second assessment. Using a two-wave longitudinal design, the present study tested cross-lagged paths among maternal self-efficacy, warmth, and early adolescents' prosocial behavior controlling for the stability of these variables and their concurrent associations.

Results: Maternal warmth mediated the link between maternal self-efficacy and adolescents' prosocial behavior, and bi-directional effects between maternal self-efficacy and maternal warmth were found.

Conclusions: These findings support a parent-driven model in the promotion of prosocial behaviors across early adolescence and a general need to consider simultaneously parental cognitions (maternal self-efficacy) and actions (maternal warmth) in explaining adolescents' prosocial behaviors. Implications for parenting program interventions are discussed.

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