Understanding the role of parents' social connectedness in children's behavioral wellbeing in low-income communities: A study protocol.

ABSTRACT: Group-based parent-training (PT) is one of the most common and well-established approaches for strengthening parenting skills and reducing child behavior problems. When offered in school settings, the social connections formed among participants may generate additional benefits for parents, schools, and children. However, to date there has been limited research on the potential benefits or harms associated with social connectedness (SC) in group-based PT. This paper describes the study protocol for an ongoing National Institute of Nursing Research-funded mixed-methods study that aims to examine the extent to which group-based PT, delivered in elementary schools serving families from predominantly low-resource communities, generates SC among parents and if SC is associated with greater (a)

SUBMITTER: Plesko CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9839570 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature