Piehler Timothy F, Ausherbauer Kadie, Gewirtz Abigail, Gliske Kate
Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota.
Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health, University of Minnesota.
J Early Adolesc. 2018 Nov;38(9):1322-1343. doi: 10.1177/0272431616678990. Epub 2016 Dec 7.
The current study investigated the mechanisms through which a parenting intervention for military families fosters positive peer adjustment in children. A sample of 336 families with a history of parental deployment enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of the After Deployment Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) preventive intervention. ADAPT is a 14-week preventive intervention designed to strengthen parenting in military families. The intervention was associated with improvements in mother's and father's parental locus of control (i.e., a more internal locus of control) at a 6-month follow-up assessment while controlling for baseline levels. Mothers' parental locus of control was positively associated with improvements in children's peer adjustment 12 months following the intervention while controlling for baseline peer adjustment. A significant indirect effect revealed that participation in ADAPT resulted in improved 12-month peer adjustment by improving mothers' parental locus of control. Implications for supporting youth resilience to stressors associated with deployment are discussed.
本研究调查了一项针对军人家庭的养育干预措施促进儿童积极同伴适应的机制。336个有父母部署历史的家庭样本参加了“部署后适应性养育工具”（ADAPT）预防性干预的随机对照试验。ADAPT是一项为期14周的预防性干预措施，旨在加强军人家庭的养育。在控制基线水平的6个月随访评估中，该干预与母亲和父亲的养育控制点改善（即更内在的控制点）相关。在控制基线同伴适应的情况下，母亲的养育控制点与干预后12个月儿童同伴适应的改善呈正相关。一个显著的间接效应表明，参与ADAPT通过改善母亲的养育控制点，从而改善了12个月时的同伴适应。文中讨论了对支持青少年应对与部署相关压力源的恢复力的启示。
