Fabrizio Cecilia S, Stewart Sunita M, Ip Alison K Y, Lam Tai Hing
School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
J Fam Psychol. 2014 Feb;28(1):42-53. doi: 10.1037/a0035275. Epub 2013 Dec 23.
Adolescence is a critical risk period for negative academic and behavioral outcomes, but a strong parent-child relationship can be a powerful protective factor. Our previous pilot of an academic-community agency collaborative randomized controlled trial (RCT) demonstrated initial evidence of benefit for a parenting intervention with preadolescents in Hong Kong. The present RCT assessed the effect of brief training in positive discipline parenting skills on parental satisfaction with the parent-child relationship. A community sample of 461 Hong Kong Chinese parents of children aged 10-13 years were randomized to (a) the Harmony@Home intervention, (b) an attention control, or (c) a third active intervention that shared the control group. Participants were followed for 12 months and multiple methods of assessment were used. Compared with the control group, the Harmony@Home group reported an increase in the primary outcome of satisfaction with the parent-child relationship at 3 months' postintervention. Although results are mixed, this study demonstrates how a culturally adaptive community intervention can improve the parental behaviors that serve as protective factors against negative academic and behavioral outcomes for Chinese adolescents.
青少年时期是出现负面学业和行为结果的关键风险期，但牢固的亲子关系可以成为强大的保护因素。我们之前对一个学术社区机构合作的随机对照试验（RCT）进行的试点研究表明，对香港的青春期前儿童进行养育干预有初步的益处证据。本随机对照试验评估了积极管教养育技能的简短培训对父母对亲子关系满意度的影响。从香港社区抽取了461名10至13岁孩子的中国父母作为样本，随机分为（a）“家庭和谐”干预组、（b）注意力控制组或（c）与对照组有相同内容的第三个积极干预组。对参与者进行了12个月的跟踪，并使用了多种评估方法。与对照组相比，“家庭和谐”组在干预后3个月报告称，其对亲子关系满意度这一主要结果有所提高。尽管结果不一，但本研究表明了一种文化适应性社区干预如何能够改善作为中国青少年负面学业和行为结果保护因素的父母行为。
