Raising a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with increased family chaos and parent distress. Successful long-term treatment outcomes are dependent on healthy systemic functioning, but the family impact of treatment is rarely evaluated. The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) is a social skills intervention designed for adolescents with ...

This study investigated parenting stress trajectories among low-income young mothers and the factors that are associated with change and stability of parenting stress as children aged from 14 to 36 months old. With a sample of 580 young mothers who applied to the Early Head Start Program, growth mixture modeling identified 3 trajectory classes of parenting stress: a chronically high group (7% o...

PURPOSE To determine if the reactions of adolescents toward hypothetical situations that can lead to conflict and violence varied by parenting style of their mothers. METHODS This study was part of a larger research project involving adolescents and their mothers participating in a longitudinal HIV-prevention program. Mothers and their adolescents were recruited from a community-based organiz...

(2005). Preventing emotional and behavioural problems: the effectiveness of parenting programmes with children less than 3 years of age. The right of the child for protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment. Geneva: United Nations. (2006). Assult and injury of dating partners by university students in 19 countries and its relation to corporal punishment...

This study investigated the influence of the intervention process on the effectiveness of a program aimed at promoting positive parenting. The study involved a homogeneous intervention sample (N5 120) of mothers and their 1-, 2-, or 3-year-old children screened for high levels of externalizing problems. The alliance between mother and intervener, mothers’ active skills implementation, and fathe...

BACKGROUND There is growing interest in the relationship between general parenting and childhood obesity. However, assessing general parenting via surveys can be difficult due to issues with self-report and differences in the underlying constructs being measured. As a result, different aspects of parenting have been associated with obesity risk. We developed a more objective tool to assess gene...

This research analyzes the discourse of Chilean State Program: “Chile Crece Contigo”, a program aimed at supporting upbringing children. We wonder about representation in discourses family and parenting, especially regarding LGBTIQ+ families. To do this, we compiled materials available on website, which are particularly directed sphere parenting. carry out documentary analysis, based an approac...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the extent to which a home-visitation program (Early Start) had benefits for child abuse, child behavior, and parental- and family-level benefits to the 9-year follow-up. METHODS A randomized controlled trial in which 220 families receiving Early Start were contrasted with a control series of 223 families not receiving the program. Families were enrolled in the program f...

Abstract Parenting self-regulation is increasingly recognised as an important facet of positive parenting, it allows parents to manage their thoughts, behaviours, emotions and attention in order effectively carry out parenting tasks. Evidence-based programmes such the Triple P-Positive Program aim increase by teaching a range skills strategies deal with everyday parenting. Despite importance wi...