Online positive parenting programme for promoting parenting competencies and skills: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Positive parenting programmes (PPP), albeit effective, are not readily accessible to the general public, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 103 healthy caregiver-child dyads, we investigated the effectiveness of online PPP on parenting sense of competencies (primary outcome), parenting styles and behavioural concerns of children aged 3-6 years (secondary outcomes) between 2 blinded, parallel groups. After block of 4 randomisations, intervention group (n = 52) attended live, group-based, internet delivered PPP while both intervention and active control group (n = 51) received weekly general education via communication application. Outcomes were measured at baseline, 8 and 14 weeks. Most parents from both groups had high education and household income. From the intervention group,

SUBMITTER: Tuntipuchitanon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11358410 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature