Conceptualization of self-oriented parenting perfectionism and its Associations with parents’ wellbeing among Chinese parents

Janet Tsin Yee Leung ()
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Janet Tsin Yee Leung: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2022, vol. 17, issue 6, No 15, 3517-3540

Abstract: Abstract Parents have high expectations of being a “good parent”. However, self-oriented perfectionism specific to parenting domain is seldom explored in social sciences literature. The study examined the dimensionality of the Chinese version of Self-oriented Parenting Perfectionism Scale in a sample of 405 pairs of Chinese parent couples (n = 810) with adolescent children in Hong Kong (mean age of fathers = 48.7; mean age of mothers = 44.7). Four factors, parenting organization, high personal parenting standards, concern over parenting mistakes and doubts about parenting actions, were identified in confirmatory factor analysis, with the latter three factors subsumed into a hierarchical factor of maladaptive parenting perfectionism. Furthermore, there was invariance of factor structure of the measurement across parent gender. Moreover, while parenting organization was associated with better well-being of parents in terms of life satisfaction, anxiety, depression and parental stress, maladaptive parenting perfectionism and its components were detrimental to well-being among parents. The findings offer new insights on the conceptualization of self-oriented parenting perfectionism, which facilitate the study of parental attributes that may have impacts on parental behavior and well-being in Chinese contexts.

Keywords: Self-oriented parenting perfectionism; Parenting standards; Well-being; Parents; Hierarchical factor analysis; Measurement invariance; Chinese (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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