The impact of parenting education on parent and child behaviors: Moderators by income and ethnicity |
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Affiliation: | 1. Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT;2. Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;3. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT;4. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT;1. Population Child Health (PCH) Research Group, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, Bright Alliance, High Street, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia;2. Telethon Kids Institute, Perth Children''s Hospital, 15 Hospital Avenue, Nedlands 6009, Western Australia, Australia;3. Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, High Street, Kensington 2052, Australia;4. School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney, High Street, Kensington 2052, Australia;5. School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, High Street, Kensington 2052, Australia;6. Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, High Street, Kensington 2052, Australia;7. Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, Bright Alliance, High Street, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia;8. Sydney Children''s Hospitals Network (SCHN), High Street, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia |
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Abstract: | Parenting education has emerged as a promising resource for supporting parents, but the relative impact of parenting education among families facing higher versus lower risk remains unclear. The present study explored the effects of participating in an evidence-based parenting education series and examined whether those effects were moderated by families' socio-demographic contexts (income level and ethnicity status). Results indicated that parenting education series serving predominantly lower-income parents resulted in greater improvements in parents' parenting skills and their children's behaviors compared to series serving higher-income parents. Attending a parenting series with a higher proportion of Latino parents also significantly predicted greater improvements in child behaviors, but not parent skills. These findings provide preliminary evidence that parenting education may be most effective when it targets underserved populations. The findings further highlight the importance of continuing to explore the influence of parenting education adapted for low-income and Latino families to inform the design of evidence-based programs. |
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