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Harsh parenting in high socioeconomically disadvantaged families : family predictors and the effectiveness of an attachment-based intervention program
| Resumo: | Focusing on a group of socioeconomically disadvantaged mothers and their young children, the purpose of the present PhD study is twofold: 1) to investigate parenting stress, family conflict, and child difficult temperament as predictors of maternal harsh discipline, and to examine the potential moderating effect of socioeconomic deprivation severity on these associations; and 2) to test the effectiveness of the Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) in decreasing maternal harsh discipline, and to investigate the potential moderating effect of parenting stress on these associations. Maternal harsh discipline was measured using standardized observations during home visits, and mothers reported on parenting stress, family conflict, and child temperament. A randomized control pre- and posttest design was used to test the effectiveness of the VIPP-SD. Results showed that parenting stress and family conflict predicted maternal harsh discipline, but only in the most severely deprived families. The VIPP-SD proved to be effective in decreasing maternal harsh discipline, but only for mothers who experienced high levels of parenting stress at intake. These findings suggest that the spillover of negative parental functioning into parent-child interactions is particularly likely under conditions of substantial socioeconomic deprivation. Also, they show that even though parental stressors predict maternal harsh discipline, the VIPP-SD effects on the reduction of maternal harshness were found specifically for mothers reporting high parenting stress levels. They highlight the program’s ability to change parenting behaviors with those mothers at greater risk for harsh parent-child interactions. |
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| Autores principais: | Pereira, Mariana Monteiro de Aguiar |
| Ano: | 2013 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Focusing on a group of socioeconomically disadvantaged mothers and their young children, the purpose of the present PhD study is twofold: 1) to investigate parenting stress, family conflict, and child difficult temperament as predictors of maternal harsh discipline, and to examine the potential moderating effect of socioeconomic deprivation severity on these associations; and 2) to test the effectiveness of the Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) in decreasing maternal harsh discipline, and to investigate the potential moderating effect of parenting stress on these associations. Maternal harsh discipline was measured using standardized observations during home visits, and mothers reported on parenting stress, family conflict, and child temperament. A randomized control pre- and posttest design was used to test the effectiveness of the VIPP-SD. Results showed that parenting stress and family conflict predicted maternal harsh discipline, but only in the most severely deprived families. The VIPP-SD proved to be effective in decreasing maternal harsh discipline, but only for mothers who experienced high levels of parenting stress at intake. These findings suggest that the spillover of negative parental functioning into parent-child interactions is particularly likely under conditions of substantial socioeconomic deprivation. Also, they show that even though parental stressors predict maternal harsh discipline, the VIPP-SD effects on the reduction of maternal harshness were found specifically for mothers reporting high parenting stress levels. They highlight the program’s ability to change parenting behaviors with those mothers at greater risk for harsh parent-child interactions. |
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