Effects of Parenting Programs on Latina Mothers' Parental Stress and Their Children's Internalizing Behavioral Problems. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ceballos, Peggy L.; Lin, Yung-Wei; Bratton, Sue C.; Lindo, Natalya
• Is Part Of: Journal of child and adolescent counseling. Volume 5:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Latinos -- internalized behaviors -- parental stress; Child psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Children -- Counseling of -- Periodicals; Teenagers -- Counseling of -- Periodicals; 618.928914
• DOI: 10.1080/23727810.2018.1556983
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2372-7810

Abstract

Abstract : This pilot study examined the comparative effects of two empirically supported, manualized parenting programs, Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) and Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP), with low-income, immigrant Latina mothers reporting high levels of parental stress and child internalizing problems. Findings from a 2 (group) × 2 (times) repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that, compared to STEP, CPRT demonstrated a medium to large treatment effect (η p 2 = .117) on children's internalizing problems, although between group differences were not statistically significant. Results for parental stress indicated no statistically or practically significant between-group differences. Within-group treatment effects revealed larger effects for the CPRT group for internalizing behavior problems (CPRT, d = 2.51; STEP, d = 0.73) and parental stress (CPRT, d = 1.29; STEP, d = 0.82). Clinical significance of the findings indicated greater improvement for children and mothers in the CPRT group.