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SN  - 0300-4430
ID  - discovery10205680
AV  - public
JF  - Early Child Development and Care
N2  - Alongside formal education, the home mathematics environment is important for children?s early maths development. This study reports a new domain-specific measure of parental self-efficacy for maths (and reading skills) with 3?4-year-olds. 65 families in the UK were surveyed, and a sub-sample of 40 families also completed a remote child assessment session. Results showed that the new parental self-efficacy measure had acceptable internal consistency and that parents had higher self-efficacy for supporting their child?s reading, compared to their maths skills. The new measure of parental self-efficacy for maths was also found to predict the frequency of maths-related home activities. Parental self-efficacy for maths was not significantly associated with parental maths anxiety. This evidence highlights the role of parental self-efficacy for maths as an affective factor within the home mathematics environment and suggests it is an important near-transfer target for parent-focused maths interventions, which seek to improve children?s maths outcomes.
Y1  - 2025/03/05/
PB  - Taylor & Francis
A1  - Outhwaite, Laura
A1  - Fischer, Natalie Marie
A1  - Jusek, Anna
A1  - Van Herwegen, Jo
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2025.2474668
KW  - Mathematical development
KW  -  home mathematics environment
KW  -  parental self-efficacy
KW  -  early years
KW  -  informal maths activities
TI  - Understanding the role of parental self-efficacy for supporting children?s early learning in the home mathematics environment
ER  -