Reducing risk factors for child maltreatment: The Parenting-STAIR open pilot study.

Autor: Wortham W; Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, United States. Electronic address: ww1053@nyu.edu., Sullivan KS; Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, United States., Ancharski K; Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, United States., Okosi M; McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, United States., Kaplan D; McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, United States., Timmer S; CAARE Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Sacramento, CA, United States., Cloitre M; Institute for Trauma and Stress, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States; National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States., Chemtob C; McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, United States; Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, United States., Lindsey MA; Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, United States; McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child abuse & neglect [Child Abuse Negl] 2024 Aug; Vol. 154, pp. 106942. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106942
Abstrakt: Background: Despite a large body of evidence linking the impact of trauma, parenting, and child maltreatment recidivism, current child welfare services often do not target maternal trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Moreover, there is little evidence that traditional family preservation services (FPS) lower the rates of repeat incidences of child abuse and neglect. The novel intervention, Parenting-STAIR (P-STAIR), seeks to address maternal mental health and parenting skills in order to reduce punitive parenting behaviors.
Objective: This study analyzes the effects of P-STAIR on child maltreatment risk.
Participants and Setting: P-STAIR was administered to 112 child welfare-involved mothers in New York City (NYC). The mothers were between 18 and 52 years old (M = 31.1, SD = 6.6) and were referred from 4 child welfare preventive service agencies in NYC.
Methods: To evaluate change over time in indicators of maltreatment risk, two-tailed paired sample t-tests compared 1) pre- and post-treatment scores and 2) pre-treatment and 3-month follow-up scores.
Results: Among the 71 mothers who completed treatment, significant improvements from baseline to post-assessment and pre- to 3-month follow-up were observed across total scores on the CTSPC and the AAPI-2. Improvements were evident in nonviolent disciple, psychological aggression, expectations, empathy, and parent-child family roles at both the post-assessment and 3-month follow-up which are proximal outcomes of P-STAIR (CTSPC: pre-post nonviolent disciple d = 0.70; pre-post psychological aggression d = 0.34; pre-follow-up nonviolent disciple d = 0.42; pre-follow-up psychological aggression d = 0.36; AAPI-2; pre-post expectations d = 0.31; pre-post empathy d = 0.39; pre-post parent-child roles d = 0.47; pre-follow-up expectations d = 0.33; pre-follow-up empathy d = 0.42; pre-follow-up parent-child roles d = 0.66).
Conclusions: The improvement in indicators of maltreatment risk demonstrates promising support for the utility of P-STAIR within the child welfare system.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE