Parenting programs in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region: A multilevel meta-analysis

IF 3.2 1区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Early Childhood Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI:10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.10.013

Antje von Suchodoletz , Christin Camia , Amina Maliki , Mariam S. Alwahedi , Michelle P. Kelly

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Parenting programs worldwide provide families with essential knowledge and skills to foster positive child development. Meta-analyses on the effectiveness of parenting programs for parent and child outcomes predominantly included families from so-called WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Democratic) countries. Expanding upon existing meta-analyses, the current study focused solely on Middle East/North Africa (MENA) countries through a systematic search of the literature for records that evaluated the effectiveness of parenting programs delivered during early childhood (birth to eight years). A total of 395 effect sizes of parent outcomes and 190 effect sizes of child outcomes were obtained from 29 studies. Using multilevel meta-analytic models, the pooled effects suggested that parenting programs had a positive effect on parent (g = 1.01) and child outcomes (g = 1.43). An examination of publication bias suggested that the effects were robust. Moderator analyses showed trends suggesting that the overall effect may be influenced by program, study, and sample characteristics. Greater improvement of parent outcomes was not associated with greater improvement of child outcomes. Together, parenting programs may be promising support services for parents in MENA countries, with the potential of enhancing parenting and promoting psychosocial health and well-being for parents and children. Further implementation research is needed in MENA countries to increase knowledge about mechanisms and processes underlying effective parenting programs.

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中东/北非（MENA）地区的育儿计划：多层次荟萃分析

世界各地的亲职教育计划为家庭提供促进儿童积极发展的基本知识和技能。有关亲职教育项目对父母和儿童结果的有效性的荟萃分析主要包括来自所谓的WEIRD（西方、教育、工业化、民主）国家的家庭。本研究在现有荟萃分析的基础上，通过对文献进行系统性检索，对幼儿期（出生至八岁）实施的亲职教育项目的有效性进行了评估，重点关注中东/北非（MENA）国家。共从 29 项研究中获得了 395 个家长结果的效应大小和 190 个儿童结果的效应大小。通过使用多层次元分析模型，汇总效应表明，亲职教育项目对父母（g = 1.01）和儿童（g = 1.43）的结果具有积极影响。对发表偏倚的研究表明，效果是稳健的。调节分析表明，总体效果可能受到项目、研究和样本特征的影响。家长效果的进一步改善与儿童效果的进一步改善无关。总之，在中东和北非国家，亲职教育项目可能是一项很有前景的家长支持服务，有可能加强亲职教育，促进家长和儿童的社会心理健康和幸福。需要在中东和北非国家进一步开展实施研究，以增加对有效育儿计划的基本机制和过程的了解。

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Early Childhood Research Quarterly Multiple-

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7.00

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8.10%

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109

期刊介绍： For over twenty years, Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ) has influenced the field of early childhood education and development through the publication of empirical research that meets the highest standards of scholarly and practical significance. ECRQ publishes predominantly empirical research (quantitative or qualitative methods) on issues of interest to early childhood development, theory, and educational practice (Birth through 8 years of age). The journal also occasionally publishes practitioner and/or policy perspectives, book reviews, and significant reviews of research. As an applied journal, we are interested in work that has social, policy, and educational relevance and implications and work that strengthens links between research and practice.