Parents' assessment of parent-child interaction interventions--a longitudinal study in 101 families.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the study was to describe families with small children who participated in parent-child interaction interventions at four centres in Sweden, and to examine long term and short term changes regarding the parents' experience of parental stress, parental attachment patterns, the parents' mental health and life satisfaction, the parents' social support and the children's problems.

Methods

In this longitudinal study a consecutive sample of 101 families (94 mothers and 54 fathers) with 118 children (median age 3 years) was assessed, using self-reports, at the outset of the treatment (T1), six months later (T2) and 18 months after the beginning of treatment (T3). Analysis of the observed differences was carried out using Wilcoxon's Signed-Rank test and Cohen's

SUBMITTER: Neander K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2669452 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature