title: Parental training for incarcerated fathers: effects on attitudes, self-esteem, and children's self-perceptions.
abstract: The effects of parent education programs on the parenting attitudes and abilities of 30 U.S. male inmates and on the self-perceptions of their children (aged 8-17 years) were examined. Inmates were pre- and post-tested with the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory and the Index of Self-Esteem. The children were administered the Self-Perception Profile for Children or the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents. Participants in the experimental group completed a 6-week program including parental training and behavior-management training. The control group's 6-week program consisted of viewing family-related videotapes, answering questions, and discussing the contents of the videotapes. Parent education improved the attitudes of inmates toward appropriate parenting but did not significantly change their children's self-perceptions.
authors.affiliation: East Central University Ada, Oklahoma, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education; D002648:Child; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011329:Prisoners / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept