Objective: To summarize the influencing factors of maternal parenting sense of competence (PSOC) in China. Methods: The literatures of PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, CINAHL, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang Data from the establishment to November 2022 were searched by computer, and the research on the influencing factors of maternal PSOC in China was included. Two researchers independently completed literature screening, quality evaluation and information extraction, and used Stata15 software for statistical analysis. Results: Six cross-sectional studies and one cohort study were included, including 3 284 maternal women. The results of the Meta-analysis show that maternal women aged 26-30 have lower PSOC than those aged over 30 (SMD=-0.39, 95%CI: -0.64--0.14), mothers with a high school diploma or below have a lower PSOC than those with a college degree or higher (SMD=-0.38, 95%CI: -0.52--0.23), primiparas have lower PSOC than multiparas (SMD=-0.47, 95%CI: -0.81--0.12); the maternal PSOC with family income less than 5 000 yuan per month is lower than 5 000 yuan per month or more (SMD=-0.28, 95%CI: -0.38--0.18); and the maternal PSOC with breast feeding is higher than that with formula feeding (SMD=0.28, 95%CI: 0.19-0.38), mothers attending maternity school have a higher PSOC than those not attending maternity school (SMD=0.14, 95%CI: 0.03-0.25). Conclusions: Age, educational background, parity, household income, feeding patterns and attending maternity school are the main influencing factors of maternal PSOC. Hospitals and communities can develop personalized intervention strategies based on different influnencing factors to improve maternal PSOC.
