Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
J Fam Psychol. 2010 Jun;24(3):316-27. doi: 10.1037/a0019691.
The present meta-analysis integrates the effects of randomized controlled trials that focus on promoting effective parenting in the transition to parenthood. We included 142 papers on interventions which started during pregnancy or in the first 6 months after birth. Computations were based on random-effects models. On average, interventions had small to very small significant effects on parenting (d = .35 SD units), parental stress (d = .20), child abuse (d = .13), health-promoting behavior of parents (d=.15), cognitive development (d = .24), social development (d = .30), motor development of the child (d = .15), child mental health (d = .40), parental mental health (d = .31), and couple adjustment (d = .13). Most of the effects were maintained at follow-up. Effects varied by onset of the intervention, delivery mode, qualification of the intervener, length of intervention, intervention goals, and gender distribution. In addition, we found that older studies reported greater effect sizes. We conclude that parenting-focused interventions are effective and should be made accessible to more expectant and new parents.
本荟萃分析整合了专注于促进为人父母过渡期有效育儿的随机对照试验的效果。我们纳入了 142 篇关于干预措施的论文，这些措施始于怀孕或出生后 6 个月内。计算基于随机效应模型。平均而言，干预措施对育儿（d =.35 SD 单位）、父母压力（d =.20）、儿童虐待（d =.13）、父母促进健康行为（d =.15）、认知发展（d =.24）、社会发展（d =.30）、儿童运动发育（d =.15）、儿童心理健康（d =.40）、父母心理健康（d =.31）和夫妻适应（d =.13）有小到非常小的显著影响。大多数效果在随访中得到维持。效果因干预的开始时间、分娩方式、干预者的资格、干预的长度、干预的目标以及性别分布而异。此外，我们发现较旧的研究报告了更大的效果大小。我们的结论是，以育儿为重点的干预措施是有效的，应该让更多的准父母和新父母能够获得这些干预措施。
