Sophie S. Havighurst, Christina C. Ambrosi, Ann E. Harley, Christiane E. Kehoe
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Abstract
This paper introduces Tuning in to Kids (TIK), a suite of parenting programs that take an emotion-focused approach to working with parents and carers to improve parent functioning, the parent-child relationship, and children's emotional, social, and behavioural functioning. A range of theoretical influences have shaped the program including emotion socialisation theory. A proposed theoretical model for the program is outlined that considers ways in which the program might lead to change. TIK program content and delivery methods are outlined. The final section of the paper outlines a socioecological model that explores the layering of factors contributing to program effectiveness, including child, parent, and family factors; the program content; facilitator factors; organisational factors; and finally, the wider social, cultural, and political influences. These factors provide a framework for reflecting on and understanding what can be both enablers and barriers to program effectiveness.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.