Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE)

Instrument Overview

The Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE) is a UK-developed instrument that assesses six parenting domains: emotion and affection, play and enjoyment, empathy and understanding, control, discipline and boundary setting, pressures of parenting self-acceptance and learning and knowledge. The instrument is designed to be completed on the first session and last session of a parenting program.

Organization

Topic

Families and Communities

Content

Languages

English

Administration Information

Length

Not specified

Access and Use

Link

https://www.topse.org.uk/site/what-is-topse/

Open Access

Yes

Use in Research

Bloomfield, L., & Kendall, S. (2007). Testing a parenting programme evaluation tool as a pre‐and post‐course measure of parenting self‐efficacy. Journal of advanced nursing, 60(5), 487-493. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17973712 Bloomfield, L., & Kendall, S. (2012). Parenting self-efficacy, parenting stress and child behaviour before and after a parenting programme. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 13(4), 364-372. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423612000060 Bloomfield, L., Kendall, S., & Fortuna, S. (2010). Supporting parents: Development of a tool to measure self‐efficacy of parents with learning disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(4), 303-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00607.x