Islamic Religiosity and Parenting Self-Efficacy Among Mothers of Toddlers in Indonesia

Farraas A. Muhdiar, Erniza M. Madjid, Efriyani Djuwita

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between Islamic religiosity and parenting self-efficacy in a sample of 69 Indonesian Muslim mothers of toddlers. Parenting self-efficacy refers to parents’ self-referent estimations of competence in the parental role. In this study, Islamic religiosity was measured by The Revised – Muslim Religiosity-Personality Inventory (Krauss, 2011), whereas the parenting self-efficacy was measured by Self-Efficacy Parenting for Task Index – Toddler Scale (Coleman, 1997). The result of this study shows that there is a significant, positive relationship between Islamic religiosity and parenting self-efficacy (r=0.475; p<0.05). Based on this study, both of Islamic religiosity’s dimensions are found to be positively correlated with parenting self-efficacy. However, the religious personality dimension has a stronger correlation, because it measures the manifestation of faith that a Muslim has into his daily life. Individuals who score high on this dimension have already implemented the teachings and rules of Islam in their daily life, including their parenting. Based on this result, increasing the Islamic religiosity is necessary for mothers, as it is associated with their parenting self-efficacy, which is important due to its correlation with parents’ positive parenting practices and children development.