Background

There is a need for research to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of alternative delivery methods to make evidence-based parenting programs more accessible to parents of teenagers.

Objective

This study aimed to test the efficacy of a 2-h parenting discussion group for parents of adolescents experiencing family conflict. It was hypothesised that parents attending the discussion group would report reductions in family conflict and adolescent behavior problems and improvements in the parent–adolescent relationship and parenting in comparison to control parents.

Method

This study was a randomized controlled trial. Ninety parents of teenagers (11–16 years; M = 13.23 years) were randomly allocated to intervention (n = 43) or waitlist conditions (n = 47) and completed questionnaires of parent–adolescent and family conflict, adolescent behavior, the parent–adolescent relationship and parenting at pre- and post-intervention and 6-month follow up.

Results

At post-intervention, intervention parents reported greater declines in adolescent oppositional behavior problems in comparison to controls. No intervention effects were found for parent–adolescent or family conflict, or for the parent–adolescent relationship and parenting practices.

Conclusions

Brief parenting interventions may offer an alternative strategy for supporting parents to deal with challenging adolescent behavior, but further research is required to determine if this type of brief and targeted intervention is effective for family conflict. Such research is important given the need for effective and easily deployable prevention and intervention approaches that address a problem that has significant impact on adolescent wellbeing and family functioning.

中文翻译：

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为处理家庭冲突的青少年父母提供的简短育儿支持：一项随机对照试验

背景

需要进行研究以评估替代分娩方法的可行性和有效性，以使循证育儿计划更易于青少年的父母使用。

目的

这项研究旨在测试一个2小时的父母养育小组对经历家庭冲突的青少年父母的有效性。假设参加讨论小组的父母将报告与控制父母相比，家庭冲突和青少年行为问题的减少以及父母与青少年的关系和育儿的改善。

方法

这项研究是一项随机对照试验。九十名青少年父母（11-16岁；M  = 13.23岁）被随机分配到干预（n  = 43）或候补名单条件（n  = 47）中，并填写了父母－青少年和家庭冲突，青少年行为，父母－父母的问卷干预前后，以及六个月的随访中的青少年关系和育儿。

结果

干预后，与对照组相比，干预父母报告了青少年对立行为问题的下降更大。没有发现父母-青少年或家庭冲突，父母-青少年的关系和养育方式的干预效果。

结论

简短的育儿干预措施可能为支持父母应对挑战性的青少年行为提供另一种策略，但是需要进一步的研究来确定这种简短的针对性干预是否对家庭冲突有效。鉴于需要有效且易于部署的预防和干预方法来解决对青少年幸福感和家庭功能产生重大影响的问题，因此此类研究非常重要。