The Relationship Between Parental Stress, Parental Self-Efficacy and Psychological Well-Being of Working Mothers of Preschool Children

Abstract

Parental stress is the pressure felt by the parents due to various factors while raising a child. (Abidin, R. R.,1995) Parental self-efficacy is the belief of a parent about how good they are at being a parent. (Bandura, 1997) Psychological well-being is how good they feel about themselves and their life. (Ryff, C. D. 1989) The current research focuses on studying the correlation between parental stress, parental self-efficacy and psychological well-being of working mothers of preschool children. The sample includes 100 working mothers of preschool children. The tools used for this research are Parental Stress Scale (PSS) (1995), Brief Parental Self Efficacy Scale (BPSES) (2023), Warwick Edinburgh mental well-being scale (MWS) (2007). The questionnaire was distributed along with a personal data sheet which included 24 questions. It was later analyzed with appropriate statistics. The results show a significant correlation among parental stress, parental self-efficacy and psychological well-being. Further regression analysis was conducted, the values indicate, that parental stress brings variance in parental self-efficacy by 42.2%, parental stress brings variance in psychological well-being by 91.0%, parental self-efficacy brings variance in psychological well-being by 43.3%. Researcher suggests that working mothers should get certain employment benefits in order to reduce their stress and enhance their self-efficacy and psychological well-being.