Playful discipline in a brief attachment-based parenting program: A dismantling study

IF 2 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI:10.1111/fare.70051

Kathryn Baltrotsky, Joanne Bradbury, Sandra Grace, Frances Doran

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Abstract

Objective

The researchers evaluated the effectiveness of an attachment-based parent education program with a playful approach to child discipline.

Background

Evaluations of attachment-based parent education programs have shown robust improvements in parent and child outcomes; however, few attachment-based programs include a component for child discipline. Aware Parenting is an attachment-based program that teaches parents a playful approach to discipline.

Methods

Forty-six parents in Australia with children aged between 2 and 4 years were randomly allocated to two parenting program groups: Aware Parenting with playful discipline (treatment group) and Aware Parenting without playful discipline (active control). Outcomes were measured with the Parental Efficacy and Empowerment Measure, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, the Attachment Relationship Inventory—Caregiver Perception (ARI-CP), and the Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale. The primary analysis was a split-plot analysis of variance (ANOVA) that analyzed main effects and interactions of time and the program type. Exploratory one-way ANOVA and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) controlling for baseline were also conducted. Improvements were expected in both groups, but it was anticipated the treatment group would have greater improvements.

Results

Both groups improved on the parental self-efficacy; child prosocial behavior; and ambivalent, disorganized, and secure attachment scales. There was a significant interaction for avoidant attachment scores (p = .004), with a large effect size favoring the treatment group. ANCOVA indicated that ambivalent attachment scores of the treatment group improved significantly (p = .014) with a large effect size.

Conclusion

Playful discipline could be an effective option for parents to manage child behavior and improve the parent–child relationship.

Implications

Future studies are needed to explore the potential benefits of teaching parents to use a playful approach to discipline in parent education programs.

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在一个简短的基于依恋的育儿计划中玩耍的纪律：一项拆解研究

目的研究人员评估了亲子依恋教育项目的有效性，该项目采用了一种有趣的方式来对待儿童纪律。基于依恋的父母教育项目的评估显示，父母和孩子的结果有了显著的改善；然而，很少有基于依恋的项目包括儿童纪律的组成部分。有意识的养育是一个基于依恋的项目，教给父母一种有趣的方法来管教孩子。方法将46名澳大利亚2 ~ 4岁儿童的家长随机分为两组：有意识的育儿伴游戏训练组（治疗组）和有意识的育儿伴游戏训练组（主动对照组）。结果采用父母效能与授权量表、优势与困难问卷、依恋关系量表-照顾者感知量表（ARI-CP）和华威-爱丁堡心理健康量表进行测量。主要分析是方差的分裂图分析（ANOVA），分析时间和节目类型的主要影响和相互作用。并进行探索性单因素方差分析和控制基线的协方差分析（ANCOVA）。预期两组都有改善，但预期治疗组会有更大的改善。结果两组家长自我效能感均有显著提高；儿童亲社会行为；以及矛盾型，无序型和安全型依恋量表。回避依恋得分有显著的相互作用（p = 0.004），治疗组有较大的效应量。ANCOVA结果显示，治疗组的矛盾依恋评分显著提高（p = 0.014），且效应量大。结论亲子游戏是家长管理儿童行为、改善亲子关系的有效选择。未来的研究需要探索教育父母在家长教育项目中使用一种有趣的方法来管教孩子的潜在好处。

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Family Relations Multiple-

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3.40

自引率

13.60%

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164

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