The Effect of Virtual Education in Parenting Skills on the Parenting Sense of Competence in First-time Mothers with a 0-2-year-old Baby: A Quasi-experimental Study
Background: Parental competence is a key aspect of parenting. Since they have no previous experienceof having a baby, first-time mothers should acquire certain skills to be competent enough in caring fortheir baby. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of virtual education in parenting s...
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| author | Fatemeh Nouri Neda Jamalimoghadam Mitra Edraki Elham Mirshah |
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| description | Background: Parental competence is a key aspect of parenting. Since they have no previous experienceof having a baby, first-time mothers should acquire certain skills to be competent enough in caring fortheir baby. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of virtual education in parenting skills onthe parenting competence of first-time mothers with a 0-2-year-old baby.Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted through convenience sampling; 72 first-timemothers were selected from 12 healthcare centers, 62 of whom met the criteria for entering the study,and divided into an experimental (n=31) and a control (n=31) group. The mothers in the experimentalgroup received virtual education in parenting skills in six sessions, each lasting 10 minutes for twoweeks. The data were collected using a demographics questionnaire and Gibaud-Wallston’s parentingsense of competence scale. Sense of competence was assessed in three stages: before, immediatelyafter, and one month after the completion of the intervention. The collected data were analyzed usingSPSS v. 22 at a significance level of less than 0.05.Results: Results showed a statistically significant increase in the experimental group’s parentingcompetence mean score immediately and one month after the intervention (P<0.001). There was astatistically significant difference between the mean scores of the study groups as measured immediatelyafter (P=0.043) and one month after the intervention (P<0.001).Conclusion: Virtual education of parenting skills could have a positive impact on the mothers’parenting competence. It is suggested that first-time mothers should be educated in parenting skills ona face-to-face basis in maternity wards and online after discharge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7ea753da3024b21862d1fb6a5e142aa2023-10-14T11:49:34ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery2322-24762322-48352023-10-0111427027710.30476/ijcbnm.2023.97709.220749565The Effect of Virtual Education in Parenting Skills on the Parenting Sense of Competence in First-time Mothers with a 0-2-year-old Baby: A Quasi-experimental StudyFatemeh Nouri0Neda Jamalimoghadam1Mitra Edraki2Elham Mirshah3Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranBackground: Parental competence is a key aspect of parenting. Since they have no previous experienceof having a baby, first-time mothers should acquire certain skills to be competent enough in caring fortheir baby. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of virtual education in parenting skills onthe parenting competence of first-time mothers with a 0-2-year-old baby.Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted through convenience sampling; 72 first-timemothers were selected from 12 healthcare centers, 62 of whom met the criteria for entering the study,and divided into an experimental (n=31) and a control (n=31) group. The mothers in the experimentalgroup received virtual education in parenting skills in six sessions, each lasting 10 minutes for twoweeks. The data were collected using a demographics questionnaire and Gibaud-Wallston’s parentingsense of competence scale. Sense of competence was assessed in three stages: before, immediatelyafter, and one month after the completion of the intervention. The collected data were analyzed usingSPSS v. 22 at a significance level of less than 0.05.Results: Results showed a statistically significant increase in the experimental group’s parentingcompetence mean score immediately and one month after the intervention (P<0.001). There was astatistically significant difference between the mean scores of the study groups as measured immediatelyafter (P=0.043) and one month after the intervention (P<0.001).Conclusion: Virtual education of parenting skills could have a positive impact on the mothers’parenting competence. It is suggested that first-time mothers should be educated in parenting skills ona face-to-face basis in maternity wards and online after discharge.https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_49565_b732b8a1fd4cc8967f14c17d9948deed.pdfvirtual educationparenting skillsparenting sense of competencefirst-time mother |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Nouri Neda Jamalimoghadam Mitra Edraki Elham Mirshah The Effect of Virtual Education in Parenting Skills on the Parenting Sense of Competence in First-time Mothers with a 0-2-year-old Baby: A Quasi-experimental Study International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery virtual education parenting skills parenting sense of competence first-time mother |
| title | The Effect of Virtual Education in Parenting Skills on the Parenting Sense of Competence in First-time Mothers with a 0-2-year-old Baby: A Quasi-experimental Study |
| title_full | The Effect of Virtual Education in Parenting Skills on the Parenting Sense of Competence in First-time Mothers with a 0-2-year-old Baby: A Quasi-experimental Study |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Virtual Education in Parenting Skills on the Parenting Sense of Competence in First-time Mothers with a 0-2-year-old Baby: A Quasi-experimental Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Virtual Education in Parenting Skills on the Parenting Sense of Competence in First-time Mothers with a 0-2-year-old Baby: A Quasi-experimental Study |
| title_short | The Effect of Virtual Education in Parenting Skills on the Parenting Sense of Competence in First-time Mothers with a 0-2-year-old Baby: A Quasi-experimental Study |
| title_sort | effect of virtual education in parenting skills on the parenting sense of competence in first time mothers with a 0 2 year old baby a quasi experimental study |
| topic | virtual education parenting skills parenting sense of competence first-time mother |
| url | https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_49565_b732b8a1fd4cc8967f14c17d9948deed.pdf |
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