Parents' perceptions of community-based parenting initatives : engaging everyday parents to prevent maltreatment : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Psychology), Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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2012
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Abstract
A population
initiative
to
improve
parenting
knowledge
and
support
is
important
for
preventing
child
maltreatment.
Traditional
parent
training
programmes
are
expensive
and
unacceptable
to
many
New
Zealand
parents,
thus
an
alternative
is
indicated.
Common
change
principles
and
proposals
from
research
suggest
that
interventions
use
supports
for
self-‐determination
-‐
relatedness,
competence,
and
autonomy
-‐
as
well
as
relevance,
flexibility,
and
inductive
qualities
and
attention
to
specific
engagement
factors.
The
SKIP
population-‐based
initiative
uses
many
of
these
principles
in
their
efforts
to
engage
and
support
New
Zealand
parents.
This
project
investigated
two
types
of
SKIP
initiatives
by
assessing
parents’
perceptions
of
their
efficacy
and
acceptability,
and
the
factors
that
contributed
to
these
perceptions.
Study
1
analysed
the
impact
of
a
booklet
disseminated
to
shoppers,
and
provides
some
evidence
that
supports
for
relatedness
and
autonomy,
and
an
inductive
approach,
contributed
to
its
effects.
These
included
positive
thoughts
and
feelings
about
parenting,
reflection
on
parenting
values
and
an
intent
to
reflect
more
in
future,
as
well
as
increased
parenting
confidence
and
decreased
parenting
stress.
Study
2
investigated
parents’
perceptions
of
two
community-‐based
parenting
groups:
their
effects
and
the
factors
that
contributed
to
them.
It
provides
strong
evidence
that
all
of
the
aforementioned
principles
were
important
to
the
outcomes.
Parents
described
an
increase
in
parenting
4
knowledge,
confidence
and
support,
and
increased
comfort
with
talking
about
parenting
with
others.
Other
common
factors
that
contributed
to
success
in
these
initiatives
are
discussed
also.
This
project
suggests
that
initiatives
such
as
these,
with
alternative
conceptions
of
how
to
achieve
education
and
support,
can
be
highly
acceptable
and
beneficial
to
‘everyday’
parents,
who
might
not
engage
with
traditional
parent
training
programmes.
Description
18-page colour booklet with vault copy.
Keywords
Child abuse prevention, Parent training, Parent support, Parenting, New Zealand, Parenting groups, Parent education