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What motivates parents to apply a positive parenting approach? An exploratory study
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/109209 What motivates parents to apply a positive parenting approach? An exploratory study Bradley, Alexandra K. Greeff, A. P. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. Parenting -- Psychological aspects Qualitative study UCTD Children -- Well being Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2020. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The role of a parent is an important one(Aminabadi, Jamali, Azar, & Oskouei, 2015).The way in which we parent has an influence on the developmental outcomes of our children. If we are able to parent competently,we can affect children’s well-being positively, along with their future success and happiness (Mowder & Sanders, 2008). In recent years there has been an explosion of new parenting approaches. In particular,positive parenting increased in popularity in the 2000s (Ahmann, 2002). Books have been written and programmes have been developed to advise parents in applying a positive parenting approach, which is seen as an optimal approach (Nelsen, 2006). Even though there is growing interest in this parenting approach among psychologists, parenting coaches, and parents, most of the research studies that have been conducted on positive parenting are intervention studies aimed at improving poor parenting practices. These studies are quantitative and concerned with child behaviour outcomes. There are relatively few studies that explore the perceptions of parents about positive parenting in general, and none with regards to parents’motivation to apply a positive parenting approach. Consequently, this study aimed to explore what motivates parents to apply a positive parenting approach. This study was conceptualised and designed within the positive psychology paradigm and based on the Parent Development Theory (Mowder, 2005)framework, which is concerned with parents’thoughts, feelings and behaviour. In this exploratory qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted to gain the perspectives of 16 mothers who identified themselves as positive parents. Participants responded to the following open-ended question: “What motivates you to apply a positive parenting approach?”The data gained was analysed using Braun and Clarke’s (2013) thematic analysis technique,from whichfour categories with themes and subthemes emerged.In the first category –“It’s who I am”–the participants expressed that their motivation for positive parenting reflected who they are. This parenting style is aligned with the participants’ sensitive temperaments, desire to fulfil both their child’s needs and affect social change, and their strong viewpoints on the negative impact of punishment on children. Due to predominantly negative childhood experiences with their own parents, the participants were motivated to apply more positive parenting with their children. In the second category–“It just works”–the participants reported feeling motivated because the approach works for them, their children respond positively, and it yields effective results. In category three –“Gaining knowledge through learning and resources”–the participants described being motivated by information gained from reading and what they understood about the importance of their parenting for optimal child development. Lastly, in category four–“The importance of social support”–the mothers relied on social support and reported that their partners motivated and supported them in the application of the positive parenting approach.The findings of this study contribute to our understanding of and insight into what motivates parents to apply a positive parenting approach and positive parenting research.This study’s findings are limited by the inclusion of mothers of only one race and one socio-economic class. Therefore,it is recommended that future studies include fathers, and participants from various races and socio-economic classes. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die rol van ’n ouer is van die uiterste belang(Aminabadi, Jamali, Azar, &Oskouei, 2015). Die manier hoe ons as ouers ons kinders opvoed het ’ninvloed op die ontwikkeling van ons kinders. As ons ons meer bekwaam metdie opvoeding van ons kinders, kan ons die welstand van kinders positief beïnvloed en hulletoekomstige sukses en geluk beïnvloed (Mowder & Sanders, 2008). Die afgelope paar jaar was daar ’n toename in nuwe ouerskapbenaderings, spesifiek positiewe ouerskap.In die 2000’s was daar ’ntoename in die gewildheid van positiewe ouerskap (Ahmann, 2002). Daar is boeke geskryf en programme ontwikkel om ouers te adviseer om ’n positiewe ouerskapbenadering toe te pas, wat beskou kan word as ’n optimale ouerskapbenadering (Nelsen, 2006). Alhoewel daar ’n toenemende belangstelling in hierdie ouerskapbenadering onder sielkundiges, ouerskapafrigters en ouersis, is die meeste navorsingstudies wat oor positiewe ouerskap gedoen isingrypingstudies wat daarop gemik is om swak ouerskapstyle te verbeter. Hierdie kwantitatiewe studieshet te doen met die uitkomste van kindergedrag.Daar is relatief min studies wat die sieningsvan ouers oor positiewe ouerskap in die algemeen ondersoek en geen studies met betrekking tot ouers se motivering om ’n positiewe ouerskapbenadering toe te pas nie. Gevolglik was die doel vanhierdie studie omouers se motiverings vir die toepassing van ’n positiewe ouerskapbenadering te ondersoek.Hierdie studie is gekonseptualiseer en ontwerp binne die positiewe sielkunde-paradigma en is gebaseer op die ouerontwikkelingsteorie (Mowder, 2005)raamwerk, wat handel oor ouers se denke, gevoelens en gedrag. In hierdie kwalitatiewe ondersoek is semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude gevoer om die perspektiewe van 16 ma’swat hulself as positiewe ouers geïdentifiseer het, te verkry. Deelnemers het geantwoord op die volgende oop-eindevraag: “Wat motiveer jou om ’n positiewe ouerskapbenadering toe te pas?”Die data wat ingesamelis, is met behulp van Braun en Clarke (2013) se tematiese ontledingstegniek ontleed, waaruit vier kategorieë met temas en sub-temas na vore gekom het. In die eerste kategorie –“Dit is wie ek is”–beeld die deelnemers uit dat hullemotivering vir positiewe ouerskap weerspieël wie hulle is. Dit is in lyn met die deelnemers se sensitiewe temperamente, begeerte om beide hullekind se behoeftes te bevredig en sosiale verandering te beïnvloed,en hullesterk standpunte oor die negatiewe impak van straf op kinders. As gevolg van oorwegend negatiewe ervarings met hulleeie ouersas kinderswas die deelnemers gemotiveer om ’n meer positiewe ouerskap met hulleeie kinders toe te pas. In die tweede kategorie–“Dit werk net”–rapporteerdie deelnemers dat hulle gemotiveerd is omdat die benadering vir hulle werk, hullekinders positief reageer,en dit effektiewe resultate lewer. In kategorie drie –“Verkryging vankennis deur middel van leer en hulpbronne”– beskryf die deelnemers dat hullegemotiveerd is op grond van dit wat hullegelees het en wat hulle oor die belangrikheid van hul ouerskap vir optimale kinderontwikkelingverstaan.Laastens, in kategorie vier–“Die belangrikheid van sosialeondersteuning”–vertrou die ma’sop sosiale ondersteuning en meld dat hul lewensmaat hulle motiveer en ondersteun in die toepassing van die positiewe ouerskapbenadering. Die bevindinge van hierdie studie dra by tot ons begrip van en insig in ouerlike motiverings vir die toepassing van ’n positiewe ouerskapbenadering en navorsing oor positiewe ouerskap. Hierdiestudie se bevindinge isbeperk omdatslegs ma’svan een ras en een sosio-ekonomiese klasingesluit is. Daar wordaanbeveel dat toekomstige studies pa’sen deelnemers vanverskillende rasse en sosio-ekonomiese klasseinsluit. Masters 2020-11-23T12:50:49Z 2021-01-31T19:39:45Z 2020-11-23T12:50:49Z 2021-01-31T19:39:45Z 2020-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109209 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 201 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Parenting -- Psychological aspects Qualitative study UCTD Children -- Well being Bradley, Alexandra K. What motivates parents to apply a positive parenting approach? An exploratory study |
| title | What motivates parents to apply a positive parenting approach? An exploratory study |
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