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Download full textHanife Büyük; Selahiddin Ögülmüs – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2025
Self-control is a determining factor for academic success. Fortunately, it can be strengthened through positive parenting practices, especially during childhood. This study aims to investigate the effects of a parent training program designed to enhance the academic self-control skills of children aged 11 to 14. The research had an experimental…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Program Effectiveness, Self Control, Competence
Direct linkCarranza Esteban, Renzo Felipe; Mamani-Benito, Oscar; Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás; Santillán Mejía, Aida Ch.; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Mendoza Galarza, Maritza J.; Bárrig Jó, Patricia S. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2021
Introduction: Children's behavior is influenced by parenting. This study aimed to assess the effect of the Parents Raising Safe Kids (ACT) program on parenting practices among parents with children between 3 and 5 years of age. Method: The study consists of a quasi-experimental design, and it used a sample of 65 parents between the ages of 21 and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Preschool Children, Parent Education, Child Behavior
Waters, Sara F.; Hulette, Annmarie; Davis, Mindy; Bernstein, Rosemary; Lieberman, Alicia – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Prevention and amelioration of the myriad effects of toxic stress on child development is a significant public health concern. Scalable programmes to address this concern are lacking. Attachment Vitamins (AV) is a novel universal prevention programme for parents of young children that is trauma-informed and addresses toxic stress within a…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Child Health, Prevention
Povarenkov, Yuri P.; Baranova, Natalya A.; Mitiukov, Nicholas W. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
This article examines how various family education strategies influence development of self-regulation behavior among students. It looks at grade levels 9-11 and compares sex differences as well as residential patterns (rural areas, district centers, and regional centers). It has been established that not all strategies are the same: some affect…
Descriptors: Self Control, Self Management, Student Behavior, High School Students
Akfirat, O. Nejat – Participatory Educational Research, 2019
This study, which aims to improve the parental attitudes of Turkish immigrants living in Germany, is designed as an action research. During the study, the managers of the Turkish School-Parents Unions and 37 teachers giving courses to Turkish students living in Germany were interviewed, and the needs of immigrant Turkish parents for child rearing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Immigrants, Family Programs
Gärtner, Kim Angeles; Vetter, Verena Clara; Schäferling, Michaela; Reuner, Gitta; Hertel, Silke – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Background: Preterm children have an increased risk regarding self-regulation development. Given the strong link between parenting behaviour (i.e., scaffolding and sensitivity) and children's self-regulation, parental training presents a promising way to counteract the negative consequences of preterm birth. Aims: We explored the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Child Development, Self Control, Child Rearing
Kong, Maureen Mo-yee; Au, Terry Kit-fong – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: The objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of Incredible Years Basic Parent Training (IYPT Basic) in a community clinic setting in Hong Kong. IYPT Basic is a Western program developed to promote children's academic, social, and emotional regulation skills and to reduce conduct problems among typically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Parent Education, Child Development
Herbert, Sharonne D.; Harvey, Elizabeth A.; Roberts, Jasmin L.; Wichowski, Kayla; Lugo-Candelas, Claudia I. – Behavior Therapy, 2013
The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a parent training and emotion socialization program designed specifically for hyperactive preschoolers. Participants were 31 preschool-aged children whose parents were randomly assigned to a parent training (PT) or waitlist (WL) control group. PT parents took part in a 14-week parenting program that…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Socialization, Control Groups
Portwood, Sharon G.; Lambert, Richard G.; Abrams, Lyndon P.; Nelson, Ellissa Brooks – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2011
This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids program, developed by the American Psychological Association in collaboration with the National Association for the Education of Young Children, as an economical primary prevention intervention for child maltreatment. Using…
Descriptors: Discipline, Focus Groups, Child Rearing, Program Effectiveness
Knox, Michele S.; Burkhart, Kimberly; Hunter, Kimberly E. – Journal of Family Issues, 2011
The ACT Against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids program (ACT-PRSK) is an interactive violence prevention program developed by the American Psychological Association for parents of young children. The program teaches and supports parents in the areas of child development, roots and consequences of violence, anger management for adults and…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Intervention, Family Violence, Child Abuse
Fetsch, Robert J.; Yang, Raymond K.; Pettit, Matthew J. – Family Relations, 2008
This study is the first follow-up assessment of the RETHINK Parenting and Anger Management Program. Parent participants (N = 168) reduced their anger, violence, and family conflict levels from posttest to follow-up, on average, at 2.5 months on 13 of 15 dependent variables. Current findings are consistent with a small, albeit growing body of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Child Rearing, Parenting Skills, Psychological Patterns
Brody, Gene H.; McBride Murry, Velma; McNair, Lily; Chen, Yi-Fu; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Gerrard, Meg; Ashby Wills, Thomas – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2005
A randomized prevention trial was conducted contrasting families who took part in the Strong African American Families Program (SAAF), a preventive intervention for rural African American mothers and their 11-year-olds, with control families. SAAF is based on a conceptual model positing that changes in intervention-targeted parenting behaviors…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Structural Equation Models, Sexuality, Drinking
