Mothers' Perceptions of Problem-Solving Competence for Infant Care

Effects of an Internet Intervention on Mothers’ Psychological, Parenting, and Health Care Utilization Outcomes

“…How I Deal With Problems Regarding Care of My Baby (PPS) was used to assess maternal perceived competence (Pridham & Chang, 1991). The self-report instrument presents 17 items with a 9-point Likert-type response scale in 6 phases of general problem-solving for infant care problems: noticing things about the infant likely to be important, noticing important things soon enough, figuring out what is going on, figuring out whether something should be done, planning how to deal with a concern, implementing plans, and evaluating how a concern has been handled (Pridham, Chang, & Chui, 1994).…”

Mothers' Decision‐Making Processes Regarding Health Care for Their Children

“…They also play a major role in teaching and role modeling their attitudes and beliefs about health to others in their family. Mothers' perceived skill in dealing with phases of problem solving (identifying and naming a problem, planning for and implementing a solution, and evaluating the problem‐solving process or outcome) will assist in identifying how they make decisions about health issues in their children and how they may be helped to make more effective health decisions (Pridham & Chang, 1991).…”

“…Prior studies in the areas of maternal competence and self‐appraisal of problem solving have centered on the care of infants to the age of 8 months (Pridham & Chang, 1991; Pridham, Chang, & Chiu, 1994; Grace, 1993; Mercer & Ferketich, 1995). More information in later infancy and childhood would broaden the knowledge of maternal self‐appraisal and decision making.…”

Self‐perception levels of mothers dealing with infant care problems for babies 0–12 months old

“…Behaviors like making an efficient observation (noticing the things that might be important for the baby and realizing these in a short time); formulating (the level of understanding of the mother as to what happens and why); appreciation (to take action about the baby or to consider or plan for doing different things or not); finding a solution (to find solutions in a problematic situation); and making an assessment (how correct is the solution to the problem) are figured in this data collection, which was prepared as a personal report for informing mothers about their skills 7 …”

“…Many parents feel great happiness due to their parenthood experiences. On the other hand, the resilience of some parents remarkably reduces during this period and subsequently they feel inadequate and inefficient regarding infant care 7 . Due to the mother's inadequate and inefficient feelings, some psychological problems may arise.…”