Results From an RCT on Brief Parent Training: Long Term Effects on Parental Quality of Life.

ABSTRACT: Background: Previous research has shown that quality of life for adults decreases when they become parents, remains at a lower level than of non-parents and declines further with each child they have. Consistent with this, parents report that having children leads to more daily struggles and concerns than their work outside the home. In this study, we have investigated how participating in a brief parent training intervention influences parents' quality of life. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether a brief, six-session version of an evidence-based parent training program (The Incredible Years), delivered in a non-clinical community sample, changed parent quality of life up to four years after the initial intervention. Methods: Data were collected from mothers and fathers in a rando

SUBMITTER: Reedtz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6387926 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature