The Children First Program: The Effectiveness of a Parent Education Program for Divorcing Parents |
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| Authors: | Jeremy Jewell Megan Schmittel Allison McCobin Stephen Hupp Andrew Pomerantz |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Ilinois, USA;2. Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, USA;3. School of Education, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA;4. Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study evaluated the effectiveness of the 2nd and 3rd editions of the Children First parent education programs for parents experiencing divorce or separation. Participants were 678 parents experiencing separation or divorce in 2 Midwestern counties. Changes from pretest to posttest on participants’ knowledge, attitudes, and likelihood of adaptive coparenting were assessed. Both editions of the program had a significant positive effect on all 3 measures of adaptive coparenting. The effect sizes from pretest to posttest for the 2nd edition were small, whereas the effect sizes for the 3rd edition of the program were nearly twice as large. Superiority of the 3rd edition might be due to an increased focus on explicit training on adaptive coparenting behaviors. |
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| Keywords: | Coparenting parent divorce parent education parent separation |
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