Personal agency in children: Assessing children’s coping self-efficacy in the context of parental conflict

The aim of this study is to develop a multidimensional measure for assessing children’s personal agency to handle parental conflict through their coping self-efficacy beliefs (Bandura, 1997). Coping self-efficacy beliefs are individuals’ perceived ability to motivate themselves, access cognitive res...

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Published in:International journal of behavioral development 2017-05, Vol.41 (3), p.432-443
Main Authors: Brummert Lennings, Heidi Isabel, Bussey, Kay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action control
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Anxiety
Behavior Problems
Blame
Child Behavior
Children
Confirmatory factor analysis
Conflict
Coping
Coping strategies
Exploratory factor analysis
Factor Analysis
Foreign Countries
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Measures (Individuals)
Mothers
Overinvolvement
Parent Child Relationship
Parental conflict
Parents
Parents & parenting
Preoccupation
Problem solving
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Screening Tests
Self Efficacy
Selfblame
Social support
Socioeconomic status
Structural Equation Models
Student Adjustment
Validity
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Summary:The aim of this study is to develop a multidimensional measure for assessing children’s personal agency to handle parental conflict through their coping self-efficacy beliefs (Bandura, 1997). Coping self-efficacy beliefs are individuals’ perceived ability to motivate themselves, access cognitive resources, and perform the actions required to take control of stressful situations. This study examines the psychometric properties and validation of the newly created Parental Conflict Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (PCC-SES). The study was based on 663 children, in grades 5 and 7 and their mothers. An exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis through structural equation modeling supported the structure of the PCC-SES. The PCC-SES’s structure was facilitated by three global strategies, namely Proactive Behavior (problem solving and seeking social support), Avoiding Maladaptive Cognitions (avoiding preoccupation, avoiding self-blame and distancing) and Avoiding Maladaptive Behavior (avoiding aggression and avoiding overinvolvement).
ISSN:0165-0254
1464-0651
DOI:10.1177/0165025416635282