This study examines the relationship between acculturation (i.e., host language proficiency), perceived discrimination, and parenting self-efficacy in a sample of 57 Turkish-Dutch mothers in the...Show moreThis study examines the relationship between acculturation (i.e., host language proficiency), perceived discrimination, and parenting self-efficacy in a sample of 57 Turkish-Dutch mothers in the Netherlands. Data were collected through questionnaires. This study found no effect of gender of the child on parenting self-efficacy. Educational level of the mother did seem to play a role: a higher educational level was predictive of more positive parenting self-efficacy. Furthermore, a significant positive relation between acculturation and parenting self-efficacy, a significant negative relation between acculturation and discrimination and a significant negative relation between discrimination and parenting self-efficacy were found. A possible role for discrimination as a mediator or a moderator in the relation between acculturation and parenting self-efficacy was examined, but there was no evidence for such roles of discrimination. These findings suggest that optimization of the acculturation process is important for immigrant families and that possible experiences of discrimination should be minimized, as it is shown that acculturation and discrimination play a role in mothers’ self-efficacy in parenting.Show less
