Investigate the Relationship between Marital Satisfaction and Parenting Self-Efficacy among Parents of Primary School Students

Abstract

Objectives: Parenting Self-Efficacy is a very important cognitive construction of the individual assessment of their capability or competency to fulfill their parental role and implies it is favorable and encouraging. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between marital satisfaction and parenting Self-Efficacy among primary school students' parents in Khomeini Shahr city. Iran. Methods: A correlation study on 104 parents of primary school students was carried out in Khomeini Shahr city. Data were collected by demographic, parenting Self-Efficacy and marital satisfaction questionnaires and were analyzed by SPSS version 20.0 software. Results: The findings showed that the mean and standard deviation of participant's age was 36 +/- 5.17. Half of the participants were women. The highest education level of 48 was diploma, 37 just went to primary school and 15 went to university. According to the Pearson correlation test there is a significant correlation among total parenting Self Efficacy score, its domains and marital satisfaction (r=0.362, p=0.001). Among the different domains of parenting Self-Efficacy, feelings and emotions of children and the pressure were not significantly orrelated with marital satisfaction. The highest correlation was found between the domain of discipline and marital satisfaction (r=0.092, p=0.372). Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate a direct and significant relationship between parenting Self-Efficacy and marital satisfaction. It is recommended that schools and other educational institute organize educational intervention to increase marital satisfaction and successful parenting.