Europe's Journal of Psychology (May 2021)

Parenting Sense of Competence in Parents of Children With and Without Intellectual Disability

  • Sanja Jandrić,
  • Ana Kurtović

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.3771
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 2
pp. 75 – 91

Abstract

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Our study aims to examine the relationship of child’s intellectual disability, parental education, employment and perceived stress with parenting sense of competence (satisfaction and self-efficacy). Three groups of parents (children without intellectual disability, children with mild intellectual disabilities, and children with moderate/severe intellectual disability) completed measures of perceived stress, parenting sense of competence and socio-demographic questions. Results show that child’s intellectual disability affects parenting satisfaction but not parenting self-efficacy. Parental employment predicted parenting satisfaction, but not parenting self-efficacy, while perceived stress predicted parenting satisfaction and self-efficacy. Results further suggest that parental employment moderates the relationship of child's disability with parenting satisfaction and perceived stress. Result suggest a need for interventions aimed at supporting parents in dealing with emotional consequences of their child’s disability.

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