Fontys School of Pedagogical Studies, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Sittard, The Netherlands.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2013 Jul;16(7):518-28. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0547. Epub 2013 May 9.
The Internet offers many opportunities to provide parenting support. An overview of empirical studies in this domain is lacking, and little is known about the design of web based parenting resources and their evaluations, raising questions about its position in the context of parenting intervention programs. This article is a systematic review of empirical studies (n=75), published between 1998 and 2010, that describe resources of peer and professional online support for parents. These studies generally report positive outcomes of online parenting support. A number of recent experimental studies evaluated effects, including randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental designs (totaling 1,615 parents and 740 children). A relatively large proportion of the studies in our sample reported a content analysis of e-mails and posts (totaling 15,059 coded messages). The results of this review show that the Internet offers a variety of opportunities for sharing peer support and consulting professionals. The field of study reflects an emphasis on online resources for parents of preschool children, concerning health topics and providing professional support. A range of technologies to facilitate online communication is applied in evaluated Web sites, although the combination of multiple components in one resource is not very common. The first generation of online resources has already changed parenting and parenting support for a large group of parents and professionals. Suggestions for future development and research are discussed.
互联网为提供育儿支持提供了许多机会。但该领域的实证研究缺乏概述，人们对基于网络的育儿资源的设计及其评估知之甚少，这引发了对其在育儿干预计划背景下地位的质疑。本文是对 1998 年至 2010 年间描述同伴和专业在线支持父母资源的实证研究（n=75）的系统综述。这些研究普遍报告了在线育儿支持的积极结果。一些最近的实验研究评估了效果，包括随机对照试验和准实验设计（共涉及 1615 名父母和 740 名儿童）。我们样本中的相当一部分研究报告了电子邮件和帖子的内容分析（共分析了 15059 条编码信息）。该综述的结果表明，互联网为分享同伴支持和咨询专业人士提供了各种机会。该研究领域强调了针对学龄前儿童父母的在线资源，涉及健康主题并提供专业支持。各种促进在线交流的技术都应用于经过评估的网站，但在一个资源中组合多种组件的情况并不常见。第一代在线资源已经改变了一大批父母和专业人士的育儿方式和育儿支持。讨论了未来发展和研究的建议。
