Factors influencing well-being and parenting self-efficacy among parents of children with special needs and the developmental outcomes of their children

Child characteristics and family demographics are important factors influencing the degree of parental well-being and parenting self-efficacy. Parents of children with special needs have reported more parental stress, depression, health problems, and poor parenting self-efficacy compared with parents of typically developing children. However, limited research has provided an overview of the effects of family demographics and child characteristics on parents’ well-being and parenting self-efficacy in Asian countries. This quantitative study examined the effects of children’s disabilities types and family demographics with well-being and parenting self-efficacy of parents (N = 420) of children with special needs aged ranged from 2.83 to 7.17. Family income, parental education level, work status, and parental age were found to be effective demographic variables predicting the well-being and parenting self-efficacy of parents of children with disabilities. Limitations and future research directions are presented. © 2021 Dyslexia Association of Singapore.