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Acta Biomed. 2023 Aug 3;94(4):e2023179. doi: 10.23750/abm.v94i4.14470.
Parental self-efficacy is recognized as a core element of the transition to parenthood process. It affects parental mental health, as well as children's psychosocial, neurodevelopmental and health outcomes since early infancy. Parents with higher parenting self-efficacy have a higher likelihood of engaging in quality parenting practices that support optimal self-regulation development in children. Our study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Italian TOPSE-Short Form (I-TOPSE-SF) questionnaire.
673 Italian mothers (Mage=37.5; SD=5.7) of children aging 0 to 6 years (Mage=3.9; SD=1.7) were involved in this study.
Initial results of Confirmatory Factor Analysis highlighted that the fit indices of the hypothesized 6-factor structure of the TOPSE weren't satisfactory. Acceptable internal consistencies for the total score and the six dimensions of the measure were observed. Evidence for convergent and divergent validity were provided.
The I-TOPSE-SF could be a valuable tool to assess parental self-efficacy up to school age, but it is in need of further considerations about its measurement properties.
父母自我效能感被认为是父母角色转变过程中的核心要素。它会影响父母的心理健康，以及儿童从婴儿早期开始的心理社会、神经发育和健康结果。自我效能感较高的父母更有可能采用优质的育儿实践，从而支持儿童最佳自我调节能力的发展。本研究评估了意大利 TOPSE-Short Form（I-TOPSE-SF）问卷的心理测量特性。
本研究纳入了 673 名意大利母亲（Mage=37.5；SD=5.7），其子女年龄在 0 至 6 岁之间（Mage=3.9；SD=1.7）。
验证性因素分析的初步结果表明，假设的 TOPSE 六因素结构的拟合指数并不理想。该测量工具的总分和六个维度的内部一致性可接受。提供了聚合和发散效度的证据。
I-TOPSE-SF 可以成为评估儿童入学前父母自我效能感的有用工具，但需要进一步考虑其测量特性。
