Parents’ Perception of Family-Centered Practice and Parenting Self-Efficacy among Primary Caregivers Using Early Intervention Services at Taipei
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Shih-Yun,Lin
Abstract
Family-centered early intervention services emphasized working with families as a key means to promote development and well-being for developmentally delayed children. Empirical evidence indicated that building collaborative partnership and promoting empowerment in working with families had a positive impact on primary caregivers'' parental confidence and efficacy. When providing services to families, early intervention workers should focus improving parenting efficacy of the primary caregivers in order to enhance children positive development. This study examined the relationship between perception of family-centered services and parenting efficacy among primary caregivers, when controlling for family characteristics and service use patterns. This study used a quantitative research approach to examine the correlated relationship between service perception and parenting efficacy. Structured survey questionnaires were mailed to inquire primary caregivers about their using early intervention services at Taipei. This study purposively sampled 1,742 families from six early intervention community centers and twelve early intervention training institutions literally providing family centered services. Five hundred and seventy-three primary caregivers responded to the mailed questionnaires. The response rate was 33.08%, within an acceptable range. Among them, five hundred and twenty-one responses were valid for an further analysis. Findings of the study were summarized as the followings. (1) Children’s characteristics were not significantly associated with parental efficacy of there primary caregivers. (2) The primary caregivers with younger age, higher education and more social support had better parenting efficacy. (3) In terms of the service use, more frequent face-to-face and telephone interview were associated with higher parental efficacy. (4) Primary caregivers’ perceptions of family- centered practice were significantly related to parenting self-efficacy. (5) While controlling the characteristics of the children, family and service use, primary caregivers’ perceptions of family-centered practice had a positive impact on the parenting self-efficacy. Implications for improving the perception of family-centered early intervention services and improving parenting efficacy were included.
Subjects
early intervention services
perceptions of family-centered
parenting self-efficacy
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