Designing and Effectiveness of Parenting Curriculum with Emphasis on Selection Theory on Increasing Parental Self-Efficacy

The purpose of the present study was to formulate and evaluate the effectiveness of parenting education program with emphasis on choice theory on increasing parental self-efficacy.

The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest with control group. Statistical population included all mothers with children under six years of age in Tehran. The sampling method of this study was available sampling. The sample was selected from all mothers with children under six years of age referring to Tehran health centers in districts 3, 5, 14 and 20 in October and November of this year. The tool used in this study was the Domka Parental Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSAM). The data were analyzed using covariance analysis at the significant level of 0.05 and spss software.

Findings showed that parenting education had a significant effect on increasing parental self-efficacy with emphasis on choice theory (P <0.001). The calculated ETA showed that 23% of the parental self-efficacy changes were related to the education factor.

Parenting curriculum is effective on increasing parental self-efficacy with emphasis on choice theory.