An attachment-based, psychotherapeutic parent education course was created for incarcerated mothers and fathers to improve their ability to provide positive parenting and a more stable home environment for their children. The current study assessed the effects of this parenting curriculum on parents’ tendencies to be abusive, their sense of efficacy and satisfaction as a parent, their psychological distress, and their knowledge of child development and positive child guidance strategies. Results of pre-post assessments showed a significant improvement in parents’ sense of efficacy and satisfaction in the parenting role; their knowledge, skills, and behavior as a parent; their understanding of child development; their knowledge of alternatives to using corporal punishment; establishing appropriate parent-child boundaries; and they were less likely to view their child’s independence as a threat. Females showed a significant decrease in distress symptoms. Results are discussed in terms of the critical need for effective, high-quality parent education to break the intergenerational cycle of poor parenting for this at-risk population.

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评估依恋知情的心理治疗育儿计划对被监禁的父母的功效

为被监禁的母亲和父亲开设了一种基于依恋的心理治疗父母教育课程，以提高他们为孩子提供积极的父母养育和更稳定的家庭环境的能力。当前的研究评估了该育儿课程对父母的虐待倾向，他们对父母的效能感和满意度，他们的心理困扰以及他们对儿童发育的知识和积极的儿童指导策略的影响。事前评估的结果表明，父母对育儿角色的效能感和满意度感有了显着提高。他们作为父母的知识，技能和行为；他们对儿童发展的理解；他们了解使用体罚的替代方法；建立适当的亲子界限；而且他们不太可能将孩子的独立视为威胁。女性的痛苦症状显着减少。就有效，高质量的父母教育对打破这一高风险人群的不良父母抚养的代际周期的迫切需要，讨论了结果。