In two studies, we examined teachers' experiences with children with incarcerated parents and their expectations for competence of children with incarcerated mothers.
The findings indicate that the senior nurses have clear subjective expectations of the competence level of newly qualified nurses.
In accordance with current strategies of Northern Norway Regional Health Authority and the Ministry of Health and Care Services [ 30, 31], the service also aims to reduce unnecessary, as well as compulsory, admissions in acute psychiatric wards, due to expectations of increased competence and collaboration between levels in health care services.
While unrealistically high expectations undermine a sense of competence, expectations that are too low fail to produce the satisfaction that occurs with developing a sense of mastery.
Knowledge of the facts of dementia is associated with decreased rates of depression, more realistic expectations, increased feelings of competence, and the increased use of positive comparisons in carers [ 17, 25, 26].
In common with qualitative research on postnatal depression women spoke of a relationship between high expectations, perceived lack of competence as a mother and anxiety, loneliness and feeling overwhelmed.
The participants had low expectations of the GPs' competence and involvement with their child, and primarily used the GP for the treatment of simple somatic problems.
A directorship, particularly of a large multinational company, is a complex, almost distinct profession which comes with clear expectations about competence, ethics and behaviours.
However several themes appear in qualitative reports that span anxiety, depression and postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder, particularly high expectations, feeling overwhelmed, perceived lack of competence as a mother, lack of social support and breastfeeding.
Instead, these competencies were worded to reflect an expectation of an intermediate level of competence – i.e., know how to apply or do something in a supervised setting.
Further, this theory holds that expectations of own abilities, and experience of competence to act and to set goals are essential to human behaviour and behavioural change.
