Effects of a positive discipline program on parenting outcomes

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107652

Elisa Romano, Ece Yilmaz

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Abstract

Background

Parental use of punishment remains a significant concern considering its prevalence and negative impacts on children's well-being. Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) is a group-based program aimed at helping parents shift away from the use of punitive parenting practices toward positive discipline.

Objective

This quasi-experimental PDEP evaluation examined self-reported parenting practices in a Canadian sample of 183 parents of children aged 2–6 years.

Participants and setting

There were 101 parents in the experimental condition, and 82 parents in the wait-list comparison group.

Methods

Data were collected as part of a larger Canadian project spanning five data collection cycles (2018–2019 until 2023–2024) and gathered information on PDEP outcomes through a variety of methods.

Results

Compared with the wait-list group, parents who completed PDEP reported a statistically significant decrease in physical punishment use (e.g., spanking) and emotional punishment (e.g., making child sit alone in corner or another room; taking away an activity), and an increase in proactive parenting (e.g., preparing child for an activity; explaining the reason for a request) from pre- to post-program and from pre-program to 1-month follow-up. The findings represented small (emotional punishment) and large (physical punishment, proactive parenting) effect sizes.

Conclusions

This first experimental evaluation of PDEP, which is fundamentally different from behavior management interventions, indicates that the program was effective in reducing parental use of punishment-based practices and increasing proactive parenting. Additional research is warranted that uses a fully randomized design and that examines parenting effects in ways that complement self-report measures.

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积极管教项目对养育结果的影响

考虑到父母使用惩罚的普遍性和对儿童福祉的负面影响，它仍然是一个值得关注的重大问题。日常养育中的积极管教（PDEP）是一个以团体为基础的项目，旨在帮助父母从使用惩罚性的养育实践转向积极的管教。目的对加拿大183名2-6岁儿童的父母进行准实验性PDEP评估。实验条件下有101名家长，等待名单对照组有82名家长。数据收集作为一个更大的加拿大项目的一部分，跨越五个数据收集周期（2018-2019年至2023-2024年），并通过各种方法收集PDEP结果的信息。结果与等候名单组相比，完成PDEP的父母在体罚（如打屁股）和情绪惩罚（如让孩子独自坐在角落或另一个房间；取消一项活动）的使用上有统计学上的显著减少，在计划前到计划后以及从计划前到1个月的随访中，积极育儿（如为孩子准备一项活动；解释要求的原因）的使用上有所增加。研究结果体现了小的（情绪惩罚）和大的（体罚、积极育儿）效应大小。PDEP与行为管理干预有着根本的不同，这是对PDEP的首次实验评估，表明该项目在减少父母使用基于惩罚的做法和增加主动育儿方面是有效的。进一步的研究需要采用完全随机的设计，并以补充自我报告测量的方式来检验父母教养的影响。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

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7.40

自引率

10.40%

发文量

397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.