Abstract:

Perfectionism and self-efficacy levels play an important role in regulating parents' relationships with their children and behaving towards them. In this study, the mediating role of parental self-efficay in the effect of parental perfectionist characteristics on parenting behaviors was examined. In order to achieve this aim, the Parental Self-Efficay Scale for Mothers, developed by Coleman and Karraker (2000) and adapted to our culture by Demir (2005), and in this study, the Parental Sel-Efficay Scale, Alabama Parental Behavior Scale and Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale valid for all parents were used as a result of re-adaptation. Data were collected from a total of 367 mothers and 354 fathers, and a total of 721 parents. In the study group, 25% of the parents were 25-35; 44.7% 36-45; 46-55 percent of 25.8%; 4.4% were reported to be between the ages of 56 and 65. Correlational relationships were determined in the study and then AMOS program-based pathway analyses were used. As a result of the analyzes, it was seen that the self-oriented parental perfectionism had a significant effect on parental behaviors through parental self-efficacy. In other words, parental self-efficacy has assumed a mediating role in the effect of self-oriented perfectionist traits on parental behavior. According to the second hypothesis, it was seen that parental self-efficacy did not have a mediating role in the effect of parents' other-oriented perfectionist characteristics on parental behavior, and similarly, according to the third hypothesis, parental self-efficacy did not have a mediating role in the effect of parents' social-oriented perfectionist on parental behavior. These findings have been discussed and interpreted by similar studies. Recommendations were then made for future studies

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