Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, Aras an Phiarsaigh, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
School of Psychology, Aras an Phiarsaigh, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2023 Jul;36(4):871-880. doi: 10.1111/jar.13105. Epub 2023 Apr 26.
This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Parents Plus Special Needs (PPSN) programme, a seven-week parenting group intervention for parents of adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
In a cluster randomised controlled trial, 24 intellectual disability services supporting families of adolescents with an intellectual disability were assigned to PPSN (12 services; 141 parents) or waitlist control group (12 services; 136 parents). Primary outcomes were parent-reported parenting practices, family adjustment, problem behaviours, emotional problems, and prosocial behaviours. Secondary outcomes were parental satisfaction, parental self-efficacy, and goal attainment.
Compared to the waitlist group, participants in the PPSN group reported improvements in parenting practices, problem behaviours, parental satisfaction, parental self-efficacy and goal attainment, which were retained at 3-month follow-up. There were additional gains for family adjustment at follow-up.
The PPSN is effective in improving parenting behaviour, family relationships, and problem behaviours in adolescents, but not in improving emotional difficulties.
本研究评估了 Parents Plus Special Needs(PPSN)计划的效果,这是一个针对智障青少年父母的为期七周的亲职团体干预计划。
在一项集群随机对照试验中,24 个为智障青少年家庭提供支持的服务机构被分配到 PPSN(12 个服务机构;141 位家长)或候补名单对照组(12 个服务机构;136 位家长)。主要结果是家长报告的教养实践、家庭适应、问题行为、情绪问题和亲社会行为。次要结果是父母满意度、父母自我效能感和目标达成情况。
与候补名单组相比,PPSN 组的参与者在教养实践、问题行为、父母满意度、父母自我效能感和目标达成方面的报告有所改善,并且在 3 个月的随访中得到保留。在随访时,家庭适应方面有额外的收获。
PPSN 计划在改善青少年的教养行为、家庭关系和问题行为方面是有效的,但在改善情绪困难方面没有效果。