van Leuven Livia, Västhagen Maja, Forster Martin, Lindberg Lene
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 9, 171 65 Solna, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 9, 171 65 Solna, Sweden.
Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Mar;161:107252. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107252. Epub 2025 Jan 21.
Parenting programs can be effective for preventing child maltreatment, though effects are often modest, and motivating parents reported for abuse to participate in programs remains a challenge. Understanding parents' experiences can provide valuable insights into fostering parental motivation and improving programs.
This study aimed to gain a deeper understanding of parents' experiences of participating in Safer Kids, a parenting program routinely delivered in Sweden to parents reported for child abuse.
Fifteen parents from a randomized controlled trial of Safer Kids were interviewed. The participants had children aged 2-12 years old and had been reported to Swedish child welfare services for physical or emotional child abuse.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.
Four key-themes were generated: mindful parenting, which describes that parents reported improved presence in daily life and perspective-taking; confidence facing challenges, describing participants' capacity to remain calm and to regulate their children's emotions; enjoying the relationship, describing parents' experiences of a stronger, more enjoyable parent-child relationship; and a desire to improve parenting competence, highlighting parents' motivation to enhance their parenting skills, which appeared to be a reason for participation.
Parents reflected positively on their experiences with Safer Kids and described several improvements to their parenting after the program. A central finding was that enhancing the ability to focus on the present moment seemed crucial for improving emotional regulation and the parent-child relationship quality.
育儿项目对预防儿童虐待可能有效，尽管效果往往有限，且促使被举报虐待儿童的父母参与项目仍是一项挑战。了解父母的经历可为激发父母积极性和改进项目提供宝贵见解。
本研究旨在更深入地了解父母参与“更安全儿童”项目的经历，该项目是瑞典定期为被举报虐待儿童的父母提供的育儿项目。
对“更安全儿童”项目随机对照试验中的15名父母进行了访谈。参与者的孩子年龄在2至12岁之间，他们因身体或情感虐待儿童而被举报给瑞典儿童福利服务机构。
进行了半结构化访谈，并使用反思性主题分析法对数据进行了分析。
产生了四个关键主题：正念育儿，描述了父母报告称在日常生活中更专注且更能换位思考；面对挑战时的信心，描述了参与者保持冷静和调节孩子情绪的能力；享受亲子关系，描述了父母体验到更亲密、更愉快的亲子关系；以及提高育儿能力的愿望，突出了父母提高育儿技能的动机，这似乎是他们参与项目的一个原因。
父母对参与“更安全儿童”项目的经历给予了积极反馈，并描述了项目结束后他们在育儿方面的一些改进。一个核心发现是，增强关注当下的能力似乎对改善情绪调节和亲子关系质量至关重要。
