R: Maternal Self-Efficacy

Leerkes {WRS2} | R Documentation

## Maternal Self-Efficacy

### Description

TIn this dataset (n = 92) the relationship between how girls were raised by there own mother and their later feelings of maternal self-efficacy, i.e. our belief in our ability to succeed in specific situations. The other variable is self-esteem (can act as mediator). All variables are scored on a continuous scale from 1 to 4.

### Usage

    Leerkes

### Format

A data frame with 3 variables and 92 observations:

`MatCare`

  maternal care

`Efficacy`

  maternal self-efficacy

`Esteem`

  self-esteen

### References

Leerkes, E.M. & Crockenberg, S.C. (2002). The development of maternal self-efficacy and its impact on maternal behavior. Infancy, 3, 227-247.

Howell, D.C. (2012). Statistical Methods for Psychology (8th edition). Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.

### Examples

    summary(Leerkes)

[Package WRS2 version 0.9-2 Index]