Parenting Wisely Six Months Later: How Implementation Delivery Impacts Program Effects at Follow-Up.
J Prim Prev
; 39(2): 129-153, 2018 04.
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| ID: mdl-29453502
ABSTRACT
We evaluated the effectiveness of the Parenting Wisely (PW) program 6 months post intervention and assessed differences based on delivery format. Using a quasi-experimental design, parents (N = 311) participated in the PW program in one of five formats (i.e., parents-only intensive workshop, parents-only 5-week group, parents and adolescents 5-week group, parent and adolescent online, and parent-only online format). An additional 53 parents served as a comparison group. We used the McMaster Family Assessment Device, the Child Behavior Checklist, and the Violent Behavior Checklist to measure family functioning, parenting, and adolescent behavior. Relative to the comparison group, at 6 month follow-up parents who participated in PW reported increases in confidence in their parenting skills, decreases in conflicts with their adolescents, and decreases in adolescent externalizing and violent behavior. Mechanisms of change analyses supported the conceptual model that program effects were related to child behavior changes by influencing positive parenting and decreasing negative family dynamics. PW effectiveness did not vary substantially by delivery format, except for the intensive workshop format, which was less effective than other formats. These findings extend research on PW to include evidence of sustained program effects on adolescent externalizing and violent behaviors in an ethnically diverse, socioeconomically disadvantaged sample. Study findings are relevant to agencies and clinicians who are seeking to implement an evidence-based, flexible parent-training program.
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Assunto principal:
Relações Pais-Filho
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Pais
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Prevenção Primária
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Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil
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Poder Familiar
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Sysrev_observational_studies
Aspecto:
Implementation_research
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Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Prim Prev
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article