Couples' groups for parents of preschoolers: ten-year outcomes of a randomized trial.
J Fam Psychol
; 25(2): 240-50, 2011 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-21480703
This paper reports the results of a 10-year follow-up of two variations of a couples' group preventive intervention offered to couples in the year before their oldest child made the transition to kindergarten. One hundred couples were randomly assigned to (1) a low-dose control condition, (2) a couples' group meeting for 16 weeks that focused more on couple relationship issues among other family topics, or (3) a couples' group meeting for 16 weeks that focused more on parenting issues among other family issues, with an identical curriculum to condition (2). Earlier papers reported that both variations of the intervention produced positive results on parent-child relationships and on the children's adaptation to kindergarten and first grade, and that the groups emphasizing couple relationships also had additional positive effects on couple interaction quality. The present paper uses growth curve analyses to examine intervention effects extending from the children's transition to kindergarten to the transition to high school-10 years after the couples groups ended. There were 6-year positive effects of the pre-kindergarten interventions on observed couple interaction and 10-year positive effects on both parents' marital satisfaction and the children's adaptation (hyperactivity and aggression). Discussion includes a focus on the implications of these results for family policy, clinical practice, and the need to include a couples focus in preventive interventions to strengthen family relationships and enhance children's adaptation to school.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Relaciones Padres-Hijo
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Padres
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Psicoterapia de Grupo
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Adaptación Psicológica
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Matrimonio
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Relaciones Interpersonales
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Adult
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Fam Psychol
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos