Research Institute Child Development and Education.
Utrecht University.
J Fam Psychol. 2021 Aug;35(5):709-714. doi: 10.1037/fam0000820. Epub 2021 Mar 4.
Many established parenting programs for children's conduct problems are delivered in groups. Various, and at times conflicting, beliefs exist about whether families fare better in groups with parents that are more similar to them, or in groups that are more diverse. We set out to test these beliefs empirically. We integrated data from four trials of the Incredible Years parenting program in the Netherlands, including 452 families (children age 2-10 years) participating in 44 parenting groups. We used multilevel regression to test whether families benefit more (or less) when they participate in a group with parents that are more similar to them in terms of ethnic background, educational level, and children's baseline conduct problems, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms, and emotional problems. In addition, we tested whether relative group position effects were stronger for some families than for others (e.g., whether especially ethnic minority families benefit from groups that are more ethnically diverse). Families with more severe conduct problems benefited more, but they did not fare better (or worse) in groups where other families were more similar to them. Regarding the other group characteristics, families' relative group position did not predict parenting program effects on children's conduct problems. Our findings held across families with different sociodemographic backgrounds and different levels of children's ADHD symptoms and emotional problems. We found no evidence that parenting group composition impacts the effectiveness of the Incredible Years parenting program for children's conduct problems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
许多针对儿童行为问题的成熟育儿项目都是以小组的形式进行的。关于家庭在与他们更相似的父母的小组中表现更好，还是在更多样化的小组中表现更好，存在着各种不同甚至相互矛盾的信念。我们着手通过实证来检验这些信念。我们整合了荷兰不可思议的岁月育儿计划的四项试验的数据，其中包括 452 个家庭（2-10 岁的儿童）参加了 44 个育儿小组。我们使用多层次回归来检验家庭是否在以下方面受益更多（或更少）：当他们参加与自己在种族背景、教育水平以及孩子的基线行为问题、注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）症状和情绪问题方面更相似的父母的小组时。此外，我们还测试了对于某些家庭来说，相对组位置效应是否比其他家庭更强（例如，少数民族家庭是否特别受益于种族多样化的小组）。行为问题更严重的家庭受益更多，但在其他家庭与他们更相似的小组中，他们的表现并没有更好（或更差）。关于其他小组特征，家庭的相对组位置并不能预测育儿计划对儿童行为问题的影响。我们的发现适用于具有不同社会人口背景和不同水平的儿童 ADHD 症状和情绪问题的家庭。我们没有发现育儿小组组成对不可思议的岁月育儿计划对儿童行为问题的有效性有影响的证据。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
