Effectiveness of a parent-training program in Spain : reducing the Southern European evaluation gap Efectividad de un programa de educación parental en España: reducir la brecha en cuanto a evaluación en el sur de Europa
Vázquez, Noelia (Universitat de Barcelona)
Molina, M.Cruz (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona)
Ramos, Pilar (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona)
Artazcoz, Lucía 1963- (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2019
Abstract:	We implemented and evaluated the Parenting Skills Program for families in Spain 1) to examine differences in parenting skills, social support, children's behaviours and parental stress pre, immediately post and six months post intervention and 2) to identify mechanisms by which the intervention is related to changes in the four outcomes examined. Quasi-experimental study design with pre (T0), post (T1), a follow-up (T2) and no control group, complemented by a qualitative study was used. The outcome variables were social support, parenting skills, parental stress and children's behaviours. 216 parents completed pre and post questionnaire and 130 parents the follow-up questionnaire. 39 professionals and 34 parents participated in 17 interviews and 5 discussion groups. Compared with T0, all four outcomes improved significantly at T1. 76% of the participants improved parenting skills and 61% social support. 56% reduced children's negative behaviours and 66% parental stress. All outcomes maintained this significant improvement at T2. Parents and professionals describe different changes in parents' parenting skills, stress and social support after participation in the PSP, and in their children's behaviours. Some subcategories emerged after analysing parents' and professionals' discourses. This study describes positive parenting effects on participants of a parent-training program in Spain, which is a country where implementation and evaluation of these kind of interventions is an incipient issue.
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Language:	Castellà
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Apoyo social ; Child behaviour ; Comportamiento infantil ; Educación parental ; Estrés parental ; Evaluación de programas ; Habilidades parentales ; Parent-training ; Parental stress ; Parenting skills ; Program evaluation ; Social support
Published in:	Gaceta sanitaria, Vol. 33 Núm. 1 (enero 2019) , p. 10-16, ISSN 1578-1283

DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.06.005
PMID: 28802517

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