title: [Educational competence of parents with children participating in youth welfare measures].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study examines the influence of specific risks on parenting at the beginning of youth welfare measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Family risk factors as well as parental behaviour styles of N = 74 parents were assessed with standardized questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results were evaluated cross-sectionally with one-way factor analysis. Three groups were formed according to degree of risk factors. Families with special risks, i.e., material needs, physically ill parents, or single parents, show a significantly lower level of parenting competence. Differences in negative parenting features are not found to be under the influence of specific risks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents of children in youth welfare measures who are specifically stressed may need special training to increase their parenting skills, especially when pre-post comparisons show lower parenting quality in the group with specific risk factors at the end of an intervention.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Deutschland. sruecker@uni-bremen.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rücker
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Büttner
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petermann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002661:Child Guidance Clinics; D002669:Child Welfare; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012307:Risk Factors; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology