Adding Structured Components to Home Visitation to Reduce Mothers' Risk for Child Maltreatment: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Autor:	van der Stouwe, Trudy, Leijten, Patty, Asscher, Jessica J., Deković, Maja, van der Put, Claudia E.
Předmět:	PREVENTION of child abuse EDUCATION of parents HOME care services PSYCHOTHERAPY POST-traumatic stress disorder FAMILY health FAMILY services CHILD welfare RESEARCH funding CHILD abuse ANGER EVALUATION of human services programs STATISTICAL sampling PARENTING RANDOMIZED controlled trials ANALYSIS of covariance DESCRIPTIVE statistics PRE-tests & post-tests PSYCHOLOGY of mothers PSYCHOLOGICAL stress FAMILY support COMPARATIVE studies MOTHER-child relationship
Zdroj:	Journal of Family Violence; Apr2024, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p483-496, 14p
Abstrakt:	Purpose: Home visitation program effects are generally small, which may be caused by flexible intervention content leading to inconsistent outcomes. In this study we therefore examined whether the effectiveness of a Dutch home visitation program (i.e., Supportive Parenting) can be improved by adding structured intervention components targeting key risk factors for child maltreatment: parental sense of competence, perceived stress, parental anger, and PTSD symptoms. Method: Participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 74) that received four additional intervention components in two home visits, or a control group (n = 60) that received regular Supportive Parenting. Outcomes were assessed before (T1) and after (T2) the first, and before (T3) and after (T4) the second home visit. Effects were examined using ANCOVA for primary outcomes: parental sense of competence, perceived stress, parental anger, and PTSD symptoms, and secondary outcomes: risk of child maltreatment, parental warmth, and negative parenting. Moderation effects were examined for T1 scores, child temperament and life events. Results: Mothers who received the intervention components showed less stress compared to the control group at T3 and T4. There were no differences between groups on other outcomes and no moderation effects, although parental sense of competence reduced and anger increased within the experimental group specifically. Conclusion: The structured components may enhance the effectiveness of Supportive Parenting to reduce parenting stress. Future research into how other outcomes can be improved is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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