Arizona State University, School of Social Work, United States.
Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Aug;106:104524. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104524. Epub 2020 May 22.
Kinship foster caregivers often face serious challenges but lack adequate parenting capacities and resources. The importance of parenting interventions for kinship foster caregivers has been recognized, and researchers have assessed the effect of various parenting interventions on the caregivers and children. However, no systematic review has been conducted to summarize findings related to parenting interventions targeting kinship care.
This study systematically summarizes the effect of parenting interventions on kinship foster caregivers and their cared for children, and examines the intervention strategies and research methods used in order to provide a context in which to better understand effects of interventions.
From six academic databases, 28 studies were identified for review. A data template was used to extract the following information from each study: intervention targets, research design, settings, intervention description, outcome measures, and main results for each study.
Various parenting interventions targeting kinship foster care families have been developed to improve parenting capacities and reduce parental stress. Most of the interventions had a positive impact on the outcomes of both caregivers and children, although the assessed outcomes often differed across studies. Parenting interventions improve caregivers' parenting competency, reduce parental stress, and advance child wellbeing. However, some interventions appear less promising in achieving targeted goals.
The findings suggest that promoting evidence-based parenting interventions with a special focus on kinship care is important for child welfare. Future directions for research are also discussed in this study.
亲属寄养照顾者常常面临严峻挑战，但他们的育儿能力和资源却严重不足。育儿干预对亲属寄养照顾者的重要性已得到认可，研究人员已经评估了各种育儿干预措施对照顾者和儿童的影响。然而，目前尚无系统评价来总结针对亲属寄养的育儿干预措施的研究结果。
本研究系统总结了育儿干预对亲属寄养照顾者及其被照顾儿童的影响，并对干预策略和研究方法进行了探讨，以便更深入地了解干预措施的效果。
我们从六个学术数据库中筛选出 28 项研究进行综述。使用数据模板从每项研究中提取以下信息：干预目标、研究设计、地点、干预描述、结果测量和主要结果。
为了提高育儿能力和减轻父母压力，已经开发了各种针对亲属寄养家庭的育儿干预措施。大多数干预措施对照顾者和儿童的结局都产生了积极影响，但评估的结局在不同研究中往往存在差异。育儿干预措施可提高照顾者的育儿能力、减轻父母压力并促进儿童的幸福感。然而，一些干预措施在实现目标方面的效果似乎不太理想。
研究结果表明，为儿童福利事业推广以亲属照顾为重点的基于证据的育儿干预措施非常重要。本研究还讨论了未来的研究方向。
