An evaluation of the Parents Plus-Parenting When Separated programme.
This study evaluated the Parents Plus-Parenting when Separated Programme, an intervention specifically designed to address the needs of separated parents in an Irish context. In a randomized control trial, 82 separated parents with young children were assigned to the Parents Plus-Parenting when Separated Programme treatment group and 79 to a waiting-list control group. They were assessed on measures of client goals, parenting satisfaction, child and parental adjustment and interparental conflict at baseline (Time 1) and 6 weeks later (Time 2), after the treatment group completed the Parents Plus-Parenting when Separated Programme. From Time 1 to 2, significant goal attainment, increases in parenting satisfaction and decreases in child behaviour problems, parental adjustment problems and interparental conflict occurred in the Parents Plus-Parenting when Separated Programme group, but not in the control group. These results supported the effectiveness of Parents Plus-Parenting when Separated Programme, which should be made more widely available to separated parents.
School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland Lucena Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, St John of Gods, Ireland.
Adele
A
Keating
School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland Parents Plus, Ireland.
John
J
Sharry
Health Service Executive, Ireland.
Michelle
M
Murphy
School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Brendan
B
Rooney
School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland alan.carr@ucd.ie.
Alan
A
Carr
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D000066553:Problem Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation
Co-parental conflict; Parents Plus; divorce; parent training; separation