Title: Mothers' Self- Evaluation, Attribution in Parenting and Coping Strategies on Child Externalizing Behaviour in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abstract: This study investigated the influence of mother's self- evaluation, attribution in parenting and coping strategies on children's (age 2-6 years) externalizing behaviour. Two hundred (200) nursing mothers with a mean age of 30.25, (SD 10.67) years were randomly selected for the study. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. Independent t-test and multiple regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses. The result indicates that children whose mothers report low self-evaluation showed significantly higher externalizing behaviour than children whose mothers reported high self-evaluation (t 198=18.581, p
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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