title: Parental educational program: effectiveness and retention.
abstract: 55 parents of adolescent children were asked to rate the effectiveness of their communication with their adolescents before and after a 10-wk. parent educational program encouraging authoritative parent-adolescent interactions. Parents reported improved effectiveness of communication from the pre- to post-program assessment times. Retention was compared across groups receiving high and low support in attendance of meetings, but retention did not differ across the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Counselor Education, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO 64093, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Middlemiss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001318:Authoritarianism; D003142:Communication; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D016896:Treatment Outcome