Advisory Committee Chair
Kristi C Guest
Advisory Committee Members
Robin G Lanzi
Jennifer Burke-Lefever
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2017
Degree Name by School
Master of Arts (MA) College of Arts and Sciences
Abstract
Maternal self-perception and children’s early home environment have been linked to a number of areas of child development. This study looked at the influence of both prenatal maternal parenting self-efficacy and personal mastery, coined as the concept maternal self-view (MSV), on children’s 4-month home environment and 1-year socioemotional development. The effect of 4-month home environment, as measured by the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) including the Supplement to the HOME for Impoverished Families (SHIF) and by the Family and Maternal Life History (FMLH), overall and in regards to the presence of television and crowding, on 1-year child socioemotional development, as measured by the Brief Infant-Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA), was also explored. Lastly, differences between mother groups, by age and education level, were examined for all variables of interest; maternal self-view, home environment overall and in relation to the two specific aspects of crowding and television use, and child socioemotional development. Analyses revealed prenatal maternal self-view and 4-month home environment to be significant predictors of 12-month internalizing and externalizing behavior. Significant independent effects were also found for both variables on externalizing and internalizing behaviors. The 4-month home environment was also found to significantly predict both internalizing and externalizing behaviors, with crowding significantly relating to 12-month externalizing and internalizing behavior problems and 4-month overall home environment relating to 12-month internalizing behavior problems. Lastly, maternal education level was found to significantly affect all variables of interest except television use and maternal age group impacted all variables of interest.
Recommended Citation
Stenger, Bethany, "Exploring Prenatal Maternal Self-View, Early Home Environment and Toddler Socioemotional Development in First-Time Teen Low Education and Adult High and Low Education Mothers" (2017). All ETDs from UAB. 3035.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/3035