One limitation that is always present is the population. Using only a college presentation can only yield certain results. I feel that if we opened the survey up to the general population, we would have a better understanding.
This is a very interesting topic. I do not feel that I understand the results fully. Was the correlation positive or negative. Did more maternal involvement indicate more self efficacy?
The main correlation between Motherly Involvement and Self-Efficacy was positive. The ANOVA shows a statistically significant relationship, which we interpreted as more maternal involvement indicating more self-efficacy. The more involved an individual’s mother was the higher the student’s self-efficacy was.
The ANOVA shows a statistically significant relationship between Motherly Involvement and Self-Efficacy. Correlations were found to be positively related and scores were as well. Therefore, it can be interpreted as the more involved a maternal figure is with an individual, the higher the individual’s self-efficacy is.
Sydney Black, the study conducted which this data came from is intended to measure the impact of parental involvement on student self-efficacy, personality, and development. Thus, there are other aspects regarding the study that this data does not pertain to.
However, if a study were to be conducted focusing specifically on self-efficacy and parental involvement, I would want to include more instruments intended to assess different aspects of parental involvement (such as the Parental Autonomy Support Instrument, etc.) as well as a more in depth assessment of self-efficacy.
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at this and ask questions!
I found your poster to be very interesting. You talk about motherly involvement in children, but to what extent is it? Were there certain points of development you asked about to see whether their mother was involved or not?
Joy Brown, the instrument that was used to assess motherly involvement was the Perceptions of Parents Scale which is a self-report measure which has 42 items, 21 for mothers and 21 for fathers. From these items, there are 6 subscale scores which are calculated, 3 of which have to do with Motherly Involvement: Mother Autonomy Support, Mother Involvement, and Mother Warmth.
This project was very interesting! I was not shocked to see that motherly involvement did have an effect on self efficacy. We learn in school and in life how important mothers’ involvement in a child’s life can be. I think it would be interesting to research the effects of a father’s role in self-efficacy as well and compare the two, and possibly try to determine the results!
Lauren Lockett, thank you for the comment! I believe that would be a very interesting study to conduct. For this study, we used the Perceptions of Parents Scale which asks identical questions for both mothers and fathers.
Very Very interesting topic! If you guys were to do your research over do you think there is anything you would change, like the materials, number of participants, etc?
Honestly, the only thing I feel like would need to be performed differently has to do with the survey. I wish we would have included questions that were single-parent household friendly. This would have allowed for us to have a bigger sample size and possibly more results.
Great job on your presentation! Did you find any limitations when completing your study?
One limitation that is always present is the population. Using only a college presentation can only yield certain results. I feel that if we opened the survey up to the general population, we would have a better understanding.
This is a very interesting topic. I do not feel that I understand the results fully. Was the correlation positive or negative. Did more maternal involvement indicate more self efficacy?
The main correlation between Motherly Involvement and Self-Efficacy was positive. The ANOVA shows a statistically significant relationship, which we interpreted as more maternal involvement indicating more self-efficacy. The more involved an individual’s mother was the higher the student’s self-efficacy was.
I thought this was very interesting. I am a little confused about your end findings. Could you please explain what your data showed?
The ANOVA shows a statistically significant relationship between Motherly Involvement and Self-Efficacy. Correlations were found to be positively related and scores were as well. Therefore, it can be interpreted as the more involved a maternal figure is with an individual, the higher the individual’s self-efficacy is.
I really liked your research topic! Was there anything you feel you could change to make the study better?
Sydney Black, the study conducted which this data came from is intended to measure the impact of parental involvement on student self-efficacy, personality, and development. Thus, there are other aspects regarding the study that this data does not pertain to.
However, if a study were to be conducted focusing specifically on self-efficacy and parental involvement, I would want to include more instruments intended to assess different aspects of parental involvement (such as the Parental Autonomy Support Instrument, etc.) as well as a more in depth assessment of self-efficacy.
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at this and ask questions!
I found your poster to be very interesting. You talk about motherly involvement in children, but to what extent is it? Were there certain points of development you asked about to see whether their mother was involved or not?
Joy Brown, the instrument that was used to assess motherly involvement was the Perceptions of Parents Scale which is a self-report measure which has 42 items, 21 for mothers and 21 for fathers. From these items, there are 6 subscale scores which are calculated, 3 of which have to do with Motherly Involvement: Mother Autonomy Support, Mother Involvement, and Mother Warmth.
I hope this helps answer your question!
This project was very interesting! I was not shocked to see that motherly involvement did have an effect on self efficacy. We learn in school and in life how important mothers’ involvement in a child’s life can be. I think it would be interesting to research the effects of a father’s role in self-efficacy as well and compare the two, and possibly try to determine the results!
Lauren Lockett, thank you for the comment! I believe that would be a very interesting study to conduct. For this study, we used the Perceptions of Parents Scale which asks identical questions for both mothers and fathers.
Very Very interesting topic! If you guys were to do your research over do you think there is anything you would change, like the materials, number of participants, etc?
Honestly, the only thing I feel like would need to be performed differently has to do with the survey. I wish we would have included questions that were single-parent household friendly. This would have allowed for us to have a bigger sample size and possibly more results.