PhD defence Y. (Yuan) Fang

Dissertation in short:

The aim of this dissertation is threefold. First, to study the factors that are associated with parenting self-efficacy and parenting stress. Second, to study factors that are associated
with child health and wellbeing, namely sleep problems and problem behavior. And third, to describe the design of a study to evaluate the effects of parenting support on parenting and parents’ and children’s health and well-being in a ‘real-world’ setting. For this purpose, the following research questions were formulated:

Part one: Factors associated with parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy

• What parental, child, and socio-contextual factors are associated with general parenting stress among parents with children aged 0-12 years in the general population? (Chapter 2)
• What parental, child, and socio-contextual factors are associated with general parenting self-efficacy among parents with children aged 0-18 years in the general population? (Chapter 3)
• What parental, child, and socio-contextual factors are associated with parenting selfefficacy among parents of children aged 0-7 years old in the general population? (Chapter 4)

Part two: Factors associated with child health and wellbeing

•  What parent, child and family factors are associated with sleep problems among children aged 0-8 years old? (Chapter 5)
•  What is the association between stressful life events and emotional and behavioral problems in children aged 0-7 years old? (Chapter 6)

Part three: Evaluation of parenting support interventions in a ‘real-world’ setting

• What is the study design to evaluate the effects of the use of parenting support regarding the intended ‘outcomes’ on parenting (i.e. parenting style, parenting daily parenting stress, and parenting sense of competence ) and the health and well-being of parents (i.e., parental psychological distress) and children (i.e., problem behaviors) in a ‘real-world’ setting? (Chapter 7)