Maja Västhagen, Pia Enebrink, Birgitta Kimber, Ata Ghaderi, Sevgi Bayram Özdemir, Brit Oppedal, Metin Özdemir
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This cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated a brief parenting program for recently settled immigrants in Sweden, focusing on improving parent-child relationships, parental efficacy in supporting schooling, resilience, optimism, societal belonging, and mental health. The four sessions, delivered in Arabic, Dari, and Somali, involved 92 parents in the intervention (13 clusters) and 40 in the control group (7 clusters, Mage = 42, 80% mothers). Participants were recruited between May 2023 and February 2025. Compared to the control group, intervention participants showed significant improvements in resilience (β = .17, p = .026) and efficacy in supporting their child's schooling (β = .42, p = .005). Those with greater initial challenges benefited more from the program. These findings underscore the program's potential to promote resilience and efficacy among recently settled immigrant families.
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As the flagship journal of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Child Development has published articles, essays, reviews, and tutorials on various topics in the field of child development since 1930. Spanning many disciplines, the journal provides the latest research, not only for researchers and theoreticians, but also for child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, specialists in early childhood education, educational psychologists, special education teachers, and other researchers. In addition to six issues per year of Child Development, subscribers to the journal also receive a full subscription to Child Development Perspectives and Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.
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