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Long-term impact of prevention programs to promote effective parenting: lasting effects but uncertain processes.
- Source :
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Annual review of psychology [Annu Rev Psychol] 2011; Vol. 62, pp. 299-329. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This article reviews findings from 46 randomized experimental trials of preventive parenting interventions. The findings of these trials provide evidence of effects to prevent a wide range of problem outcomes and to promote competencies from one to 20 years later. However, there is a paucity of evidence concerning the processes that account for program effects. Three alternative pathways are proposed as a framework for future research on the long-term effects of preventive parenting programs: (a) through program effects on parenting skills, perceptions of parental efficacy, and reduction in barriers to effective parenting; (b) through program-induced reductions in short-term problems of youth that persist over time, improvements in youth adaptation to stress, and improvements in youth belief systems concerning the self and their relationships with others; and (c) through effects on contexts in which youth become involved and on youth-environment transactions.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1545-2085
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Annual review of psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20822438
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.121208.131619