A pre-post pilot study suggests that the How-to Parenting Program (Faber & Mazlish, 2012) could improve parenting quality (structure, affiliation, autonomy support) and child mental health (Joussemet et al., 2014). However, whether improvements are maintained over time and whether they are reported by all parents remain unclear. In this study, we followed Joussemet et al.’s sample of parents during one year after their program participation. A total of 93 parents of elementary school children reported on their parenting practices and evaluated their children’s externalizing and internalizing problems at pre- and post-test, and again at 6- and 12-month follow-ups. Multivariate multilevel analyses revealed that linear and quadratic trends over the four assessments were significant for all variables, except for affiliation (linear trend only). Affiliation improvements continued to increase over time whereas all other improvements generally occurred before the six-month follow-up and then stabilized (or decreased) from the six-month to the one-year follow-up. Exploratory analyses revealed that only parent gender and child age moderated improvements in some aspects of parenting, but no other moderation was observed. Positive associations between parenting and child mental health change were also observed. These results suggest that the How-to Parenting Program could yield long-term benefits for many families.

一项前期试点研究表明，如何养育子女计划 (Faber & Mazlish, 2012) 可以提高养育子女的质量（结构、隶属关系、自主支持）和儿童心理健康（Joussemet 等人，2014 年）。然而，随着时间的推移是否会保持改善以及是否所有父母都报告了这些改善仍不清楚。在这项研究中，我们在 Joussemet 等人的计划参与后的一年内跟踪了他们的父母样本。共有 93 名小学生家长报告了他们的育儿实践，并在测试前和测试后以及在 6 个月和 12 个月的随访中评估了他们孩子的外化和内化问题。多变量多水平分析显示，四项评估的线性和二次趋势对所有变量均显着，但从属关系除外（仅线性趋势）。随着时间的推移，从属关系的改善继续增加，而所有其他改善通常发生在 6 个月的随访之前，然后从 6 个月到 1 年的随访稳定（或减少）。探索性分析表明，只有父母的性别和孩子的年龄在育儿的某些方面有调节作用，但没有观察到其他调节作用。还观察到育儿与儿童心理健康变化之间的正相关。这些结果表明，如何养育子女计划可以为许多家庭带来长期利益。探索性分析表明，只有父母的性别和孩子的年龄在育儿的某些方面有调节作用，但没有观察到其他调节作用。还观察到育儿与儿童心理健康变化之间的正相关。这些结果表明，如何养育子女计划可以为许多家庭带来长期利益。探索性分析表明，只有父母的性别和孩子的年龄在育儿的某些方面有调节作用，但没有观察到其他调节作用。还观察到育儿与儿童心理健康变化之间的正相关。这些结果表明，如何养育子女计划可以为许多家庭带来长期利益。