"Sometimes I think my frustration is the real issue": A qualitative study of parents' experiences of transformation after a parenting programme.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Parenting programmes help to alleviate conduct problems in children, but ensuring that all parents feel supported to attend, complete and learn from these programmes has proven difficult. Parents can feel overwhelmed and struggle to change their parenting. This article aims to inform the future refinement of parenting programmes by examining parents' narratives of how programmes motivated them to change and enabled them to put changes into practice.

Method and results

Forty-two parents, most of whom had attended Incredible Years group sessions, were interviewed about their views and experiences of parenting programmes that focused on positive parenting practices. Analysis of interview transcripts drew on thematic approaches. Parents perceived that parenting prog

SUBMITTER: McKay K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8509979 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature