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- Title
Caregiver Self-Efficacy in Relation to Caregivers’ History of Language and Reading Difficulties and Children’s Shared Reading Experiences.
- Authors
Davison, Kelsey E.; Ronderos, Juliana; Gomez, Sophia; Boucher, Alyssa R.; Zuk, Jennifer
- Abstract
Purpose: Emerging literature suggests caregiver self-efficacy is an important factor related to caregivers’ shared reading practices with their children. Reduced shared reading has been documented among families of caregiver(s) with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD). Yet, it remains unclear whether caregivers’ history of language and reading difficulties is associated with caregiver self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was to examine whether self-efficacy in language- and reading-related caregiver activities related to caregiver history of language and reading difficulties and shared reading practices. Method: One hundred seventy-six caregivers of children aged 18–60 months completed a custom self-efficacy in language- and reading-related caregiver activities questionnaire, as well as demographic, history of language and reading difficulties (used both as a continuous measure and to dichotomize caregivers with and without LBLD history), and shared reading measures in a one-time survey. Results: Caregivers with a history of LBLD reported an overall lower self-efficacy and a reduced amount of time reading with their children per week than caregivers without LBLD history. Examining caregiver history of language and reading difficulties continuously across the whole group, self-efficacy mediated the relationship between caregiver difficulties and shared reading practices, even when caregiver education was incorporated as an additional mediator in models. Conclusions: Findings indicate that self-efficacy and caregiver education mediate the relationship between caregiver history of language and reading difficulties and shared reading practices. Consideration of self-efficacy by clinicians and educators is warranted when promoting shared reading practices to caregivers of young children. There is a need for future research to examine relationships between self-efficacy and shared reading among caregivers with LBLD of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
- Subjects
UNITED States; READING disability; READING; SELF-evaluation; SCALE analysis (Psychology); EFFECT sizes (Statistics); SELF-efficacy; RESEARCH funding; CRONBACH'S alpha; DATA analysis; PARENT-child relationships; QUESTIONNAIRES; MOTHERS; STATISTICAL sampling; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; HOME environment; MANN Whitney U Test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CAREGIVERS; LANGUAGE disorders; FATHERS; STATISTICS; FACTOR analysis; LITERACY; DATA analysis software; COMPARATIVE studies; CONFIDENCE intervals; LANGUAGE acquisition; EDUCATIONAL attainment; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); CHILDREN
- Publication
Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools, 2024, Vol 55, Issue 3, p853
- ISSN
0161-1461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1044/2024_LSHSS-23-00067