[Parenting skills situation and need assessment among parents of primary school pupils].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate parenting skills and need among parents of primary school pupils and to explore influencing factors.


METHODS
A total of 1  394 parents of rural and urban primary school pupils were recruited by multistage stratified random clustered sampling method. They were asked to  complete a self-report questionnaire regarding demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds, parenting scale, parenting need assessment, parent-to-child interaction attitudes, social support, physical/mental maltreatment experiences in childhood and so forth.


RESULTS
Apart from  TV/film/broadcasting, rural parents' utilization of other parenting deliveries was less than that of urban parents. Urban and rural parents both had high  needs for parenting skills. Parents' physical/mental maltreatment experiences in childhood were risk factors for dysfunctional parenting. Positive parent-to-child interaction attitudes and high social support were protective factors against dysfunctional parenting. Mothers, parents of boys, middle/low family  incomes, and parents with positive parent-to-child interaction attitudes had higher demands for parenting skills.


CONCLUSIONS
We should make full use  of mass media, interpersonal communication to meet the needs of parenting for parents, especially rural parents. More attention should be paid to parents  with childhood maltreatment experiences, low social support and less positive parent-to-child interaction attitudes.
Department of Child, Adolescent and Women's Health, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China.
Ya-ting
YT
Ma
Jing-qi
JQ
Chen
Fu-man
FM
Wang
Wan-qing
WQ
Xiao
Man
M
Zhang
Wen-jing
WJ
Zhang
Gui-qin
GQ
Duan
Jing-yi
JY
Li
Xiao-ling
XL
Luo
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012574:Schools; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires