University of São Paulo.
Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Child Dev. 2021 Mar;92(2):626-637. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13491. Epub 2021 Jan 8.
This study examined the theory of change of the ACT Raising Safe Kids parenting program, including whether intervention effects on children's behavior problems were explained by improvements in mothers' reported parenting practices, as well as whether baseline child behavior problems moderated these relations. Adult mothers of 3-to 8-year-old Brazilian children were assigned to the intervention (n = 97) or control (n = 46) groups. Results showed that the intervention improved mothers' perceptions of their parenting practices (positive discipline, emotional and behavioral regulation, and communication). Intervention-induced reductions in children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems were mediated by improvements in mothers' emotional and behavioral regulation. Program effects were strongest for children with high levels of baseline behavior problems.
本研究考察了 ACT 提高安全儿童养育计划的变化理论，包括干预对儿童行为问题的影响是否可以通过母亲报告的养育实践的改善来解释，以及基线儿童行为问题是否调节这些关系。巴西 3 至 8 岁儿童的成年母亲被分配到干预组（n=97）或对照组（n=46）。结果表明，干预改善了母亲对其养育实践的看法（积极纪律、情绪和行为调节以及沟通）。干预引起的儿童内化和外化行为问题的减少是通过母亲情绪和行为调节的改善来介导的。对于基线行为问题水平较高的儿童，项目效果最强。
