Martin Alicia J, Sanders Matthew R
Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia. E-mail:
Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2003 Nov;8(4):161-169. doi: 10.1111/1475-3588.00066.
Despite a wealth of evidence showing that behavioural family intervention is an effective intervention for parents of children with behavioural and emotional problems, little attention has been given to the relationship between parents functioning at work and their capacity to manage parenting and other home responsibilities. This study evaluated the effects of a group version of the Triple-P Positive Parenting Program (WPTP) designed specifically for delivery in the workplace.
Participants were 42 general and academic staff from a major metropolitan university who were reporting difficulties managing home and work responsibilities and behavioural difficulties with their children. Participants were randomly assigned to WPTP, or to a waitlist control (WL) condition.
Following intervention, parents in WPTP reported significantly lower levels of disruptive child behaviour, dysfunctional parenting practices, and higher levels of parental self-efficacy in managing both home and work responsibilities, than parents in the WL condition. These short-term improvements were maintained at 4-months follow-up. There were also additional improvements in reported levels of work stress and parental distress at follow-up in the WPTP group compared to post-intervention.
Implications for the development of 'family-friendly' work environments and the prevention of child behaviour problems are discussed.
尽管有大量证据表明行为家庭干预对有行为和情绪问题儿童的父母是一种有效的干预措施，但很少有人关注父母的工作功能与其管理育儿及其他家庭责任能力之间的关系。本研究评估了专门为在工作场所实施而设计的团体版三阶段积极教养计划（WPTP）的效果。
参与者是来自一所主要大都市大学的42名普通员工和学术人员，他们报告在管理家庭和工作职责以及孩子的行为问题方面存在困难。参与者被随机分配到WPTP组或等待名单对照组（WL）。
干预后，与WL组的父母相比，WPTP组的父母报告的儿童破坏性行为水平、功能失调的育儿行为显著降低，在管理家庭和工作职责方面的父母自我效能感更高。这些短期改善在4个月的随访中得以维持。与干预后相比，WPTP组随访时报告的工作压力和父母苦恼水平也有进一步改善。
讨论了对发展“家庭友好型”工作环境和预防儿童行为问题的启示。
