Bennett, Cathy, Barlow, Jane, Huband, Nick, Smailagic, Nadja and Roloff, Verena (2013) Group-based parenting programs for improving parenting and psychosocial functioning : a systematic review. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 4 (4). pp. 300-332.

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Abstract

Parental psychosocial health can have a significant effect on the later psychological health of the child. Parenting programs have been shown to have an effect on the emotional and behavioral adjustment of children, and this review examined such programs’ effect on parental psychosocial well-being. We searched a range of electronic databases and included randomized controlled trials that compared a group-based parenting program with a control condition and used at least 1 standardized measure of parental psychosocial health. We used a random effects meta-analysis, and we report standardized mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for all outcomes. We included 48 studies with 4,937 participants and evaluated 3 types of programs: behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and multimodal. Overall, we find parents’ participation in group-based parenting programs is associated with statistically significant short-term improvements in depression (SMD -0.17, 95% CI -0.28 to -0.07), anxiety (SMD -0.22, 95% CI -0.43 to -0.01), stress (SMD -0.29, 95% CI -0.42 to -0.15), anger (SMD -0.60, 95% CI -1.00 to -0.20), guilt (SMD -0.79, 95% CI -1.18 to -0.41), confidence (SMD -0.34, 95% CI -0.51 to -0.17) and satisfaction with the partner relationship (SMD -0.28, 95% CI -0.47 to -0.09). However, only stress and confidence continued to be significant at the 6-month follow-up, and none were significant at 1year. The findings of this review support the use of parenting programs to improve the short-term psychosocial wellbeing of parents. Further training might be required to ensure that these benefits are maintained.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Dean's Office & Professional Support Services
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Publisher:	The University of Chicago Press
ISSN:	2334-2315
Official Date:	2013
Dates:	Date Event 2013 Published
Volume:	4
Number:	4
Page Range:	pp. 300-332
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
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