Web-Based Parenting Support: Development of the COPING Confident Parenting Programme

Parenting Programme for Child Development

Correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed to: Dr. Patrice L. Engle Department of Psychology Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 USA Email: [email protected] Over 200 million young children in the developing world do not achieve their potential for cognitive and social-emotional development due to the combined risks of poor health, poor nutrition, and absence of su...

An evaluation of the AdOpt parenting programme

Parenting self-efficacy, parenting stress and child behaviour before and after a parenting programme.

AIM To explore whether changes in parenting self-efficacy after attending a parenting programme are related to changes in parenting stress and child behaviour. BACKGROUND Adverse parenting is a risk factor in the development of a range of health and behavioural problems in childhood and is predictive of poor adult outcomes. Strategies for supporting parents are recognised as an effective way ...

Evaluation of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) as a community-wide parenting programme

BACKGROUND Many parenting programmes lack proper evaluation, especially under community-wide implementation. OBJECTIVE Examining the effectiveness of the eight-week International Child Development Programme (ICDP), implemented as a general programme. METHODOLOGY Non-clinical caregivers attending ICDP (N = 141) and a non-attending community comparison group (N = 79) completed questionnaires ...

Parenting styles, coping strategies, and the expression of homesickness.

The present study examined the role of parenting styles in the experience and expression of homesickness, and the way of coping with the feelings involved. Using a sample of 670 first year college and university students, aged 16 to 25, we tested three hypotheses: (1) authoritarian, permissive as well as uninvolved parenting are associated with the experience of homesickness, contrary to studen...