Strengthening children's sibling relationships using an online preventive intervention program for parents

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI:10.1111/fare.13129

Laurie Kramer, Payton E. Carroll, Reshika Sai Devarajan

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Abstract

Objective

The purpose was to test a new evidence-based online preventive intervention designed to help parents improve the sibling relationships of their 4- to 8-year-old children.

Background

Few evidence-based resources exist to address parents' concerns about fostering positive sibling relationships. To address this need, the emotion-focused online program placed parents in the role of educator, preparing them to teach their children social and emotional competencies shown in previous research to promote prosocial sibling interaction.

Method

Eighty-six mothers provided assessments of children's sibling relationship quality, child and parent emotion regulation abilities, and coparenting quality prior to and following completion of four online lessons. A randomly assigned wait-list control group of mothers (n = 49) provided comparable assessments.

Results

Repeated measures multivariate analyses of covariance revealed that, following program completion, participants perceived their children to demonstrate greater sibling warmth and less agonism and rivalry. Effects were sustained at 3 months. Mothers also reported increased abilities to regulate their own emotions as well as greater collaboration and support in their coparenting relationship.

Conclusion

Results support the effectiveness of the online More Fun with Sisters and Brothers Program for Parents for enabling mothers from diverse international communities to support positive sibling relationships.

Implications

Increasing access to evidence-based tools for strengthening sibling relationships can enable parents to support these vital lifelong bonds.

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利用在线预防干预项目加强孩子的兄弟姐妹关系

目的测试一种新的基于证据的在线预防干预，旨在帮助父母改善他们4- 8岁孩子的兄弟姐妹关系。很少有基于证据的资源来解决父母对培养积极的兄弟姐妹关系的担忧。为了满足这一需求，这个以情感为中心的在线项目让父母扮演了教育者的角色，让他们准备好向孩子传授社交和情感能力，这些能力在之前的研究中显示出来，可以促进亲社会的兄弟姐妹互动。方法86名母亲在完成4门在线课程前后对孩子的兄弟姐妹关系质量、孩子和父母的情绪调节能力、父母教养质量进行评估。随机分配的等候名单对照组（n = 49）提供了可比较的评估。结果重复测量多变量协方差分析显示，在项目完成后，参与者认为他们的孩子表现出更大的兄弟姐妹温暖，更少的激动和竞争。效果持续3个月。母亲们还报告说，她们调节自己情绪的能力有所提高，在亲子关系中也有了更多的合作和支持。结论：研究结果支持了“与兄弟姐妹一起玩得更开心”在线父母项目的有效性，该项目使来自不同国际社会的母亲能够支持积极的兄弟姐妹关系。增加获得以证据为基础的工具来加强兄弟姐妹关系的机会，可以使父母支持这些至关重要的终身纽带。

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Family Relations Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

13.60%

发文量

164

期刊介绍： A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for family scholars and all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal"s content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, always publishing original, innovative and interdisciplinary works with specific recommendations for practice.