Maternal Self-efficacy and Maternal Depressive Symptoms on Parent-child Shared Book Reading

Purpose: Parent-child shared book reading has been shown to be related to a child’s language growth, emergent literacy, and reading achievement. Maternal depressive symptoms have been shown to be associated with less shared book reading. Though maternal self-efficacy is associated with both positive parenting practices and maternal depression, little is known about its relation to shared book reading. This study sought to determine if maternal …