Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal of Early Childhood, 2025 (ESCI, Scopus)
This study explores how the number of children, education duration, employment status along with parenting self-efficacy beliefs, predict mothers’ involvement in home-based activities with their children. The research follows a correlational model and includes 290 Turkish mothers whose children attend preschool. The researchers collected data using the Berkeley Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale Revised, the Parental Involvement Scale, and the Demographic Information Form. The results reveal that mothers frequently participate in home activities, and their self-efficacy levels mostly fall within the moderate to high range. Involvement in home activities was positively associated with self-efficacy and education duration and negatively associated with the number of children. Employment status was not significantly related to either self-efficacy or participation. However, education duration was moderately related to employment and inversely related to the number of children, which also negatively correlated with employment status. Regression results indicate that education duration, number of children, and self-efficacy beliefs predict mothers’ participation in home-based activities. This study suggests that researchers can increase involvement in home-based activities by developing training and counseling programs that enhance parenting self-efficacy. It also recommends preparing accessible and easy-to-understand home activity guides specifically for mothers with low education duration. Researchers can conduct workshops to strengthen time management and multi-child activity planning skills for mothers with multiple children. Considering the relationships among education duration, employment status, and number of children, communities and support organizations should establish social support networks and community-based programs, especially targeting mothers who have many children, low education duration, and are not employed. Since employment status does not show a significant relationship with participation in home activities or self-efficacy, future research should explore additional factors such as working conditions, hours, and job flexibility.