title: Effective intervention programming: improving maternal adjustment through parent education.
abstract: This study assessed the secondary effects of a parent training intervention program on maternal adjustment, with a focus on understanding ways in which program efficacy differed for participants as a function of whether or not their children had behavior problems. Mothers (N = 99) of toddlers (2-3 years of age) were randomly assigned to receive one of three levels of intervention: (1) informational booklet (2) booklet + face-to-face parent training sessions, or (3) booklet + web-based parent training sessions. Findings indicated that all levels of intervention were associated with increases in maternal well-being for participants with typically developing children. Mothers of toddlers with behavior problems, however, did not benefit from receiving only the booklet but significantly benefitted from receiving either the face-to-face or web-based interventions. Findings are discussed in terms of efficient and efficacious program dissemination and the resulting implications for public policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Harrisburg, 777 W. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057, USA. jfarris@psu.edu
authors.forename: Jaelyn R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Farris
authors.forename: Shannon S Carothers
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bert
authors.forename: Jody S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Kerrie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Borkowski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome