Reedtz Charlotte, Klest Sihu K, Aalo Nora Mortensen, Rasmussen Ingrid Daae, Vitterso Joar
Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Front Psychol. 2019 Feb 18;10:260. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00260. eCollection 2019.
Previous research has shown that quality of life for adults decreases when they become parents, remains at a lower level than of non-parents and declines further with each child they have. Consistent with this, parents report that having children leads to more daily struggles and concerns than their work outside the home. In this study, we have investigated how participating in a brief parent training intervention influences parents' quality of life. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether a brief, six-session version of an evidence-based parent training program (The Incredible Years), delivered in a non-clinical community sample, changed parent quality of life up to four years after the initial intervention. Data were collected from mothers and fathers in a randomized controlled community trial ( = 117). Children's mean age was 3.95 years at baseline, and 7.5 years at 4-year follow-up. There were no significant differences in the trajectory of change over the four time points between the intervention and control groups for mothers or fathers. However, results from analysing the linear change from pre to each of the other measurement points, revealed statistically significantly different change on life satisfaction after completing the intervention compared to the control group; immediately following the intervention, (357) = 2.76, = 0.006; and the difference between the groups was maintained three years after the intervention, (360) = 3.14, = 0.002. The results of this study suggest that offering a parenting program focused on building a positive parent-child relation, has the potential to improve mothers' quality of life. Implications of this are discussed. www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT02850510. Retrospectively registered 29 July 2016.
先前的研究表明，成年人成为父母后生活质量会下降，且一直低于非父母群体，并且随着子女数量的增加，生活质量会进一步下降。与此一致的是，父母们表示，养育孩子带来的日常困扰和担忧比他们在外工作还要多。在本研究中，我们调查了参与简短的家长培训干预如何影响父母的生活质量。该研究的目的是评估在非临床社区样本中实施的一个简短的、为期六节的循证家长培训项目（“不可思议的岁月”），在首次干预后的四年内是否能改变父母的生活质量。数据来自一项随机对照社区试验中的父母（ = 117）。儿童的平均年龄在基线时为3.95岁，在4年随访时为7.5岁。在四个时间点上，干预组和对照组的母亲或父亲在变化轨迹上没有显著差异。然而，对从干预前到其他每个测量点的线性变化进行分析的结果显示，与对照组相比，完成干预后生活满意度的变化在统计学上有显著差异；干预刚结束时，(357) = 2.76， = 0.006；干预三年后，两组之间的差异仍然存在，(360) = 3.14， = 0.002。本研究结果表明，提供一个专注于建立积极亲子关系的育儿项目，有可能提高母亲的生活质量。对此的影响将进行讨论。ClinicalTrials.gov网站，标识符NCT02850510。2016年7月29日进行回顾性注册。
