Improving Child Peer Adjustment in Military Families through Parent Training: The Mediational Role of Parental Locus of Control.

IF 2 3区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Early Adolescence Pub Date : 2018-11-01 Epub Date: 2016-12-07 DOI:10.1177/0272431616678990

Timothy F Piehler, Kadie Ausherbauer, Abigail Gewirtz, Kate Gliske

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The current study investigated the mechanisms through which a parenting intervention for military families fosters positive peer adjustment in children. A sample of 336 families with a history of parental deployment enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of the After Deployment Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) preventive intervention. ADAPT is a 14-week preventive intervention designed to strengthen parenting in military families. The intervention was associated with improvements in mother's and father's parental locus of control (i.e., a more internal locus of control) at a 6-month follow-up assessment while controlling for baseline levels. Mothers' parental locus of control was positively associated with improvements in children's peer adjustment 12 months following the intervention while controlling for baseline peer adjustment. A significant indirect effect revealed that participation in ADAPT resulted in improved 12-month peer adjustment by improving mothers' parental locus of control. Implications for supporting youth resilience to stressors associated with deployment are discussed.

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父母训练对军人家庭儿童同伴适应的影响:父母控制源的中介作用。

本研究探讨了军人家庭父母干预对儿童同伴适应的促进作用机制。对336个有父母部署史的家庭进行了部署后适应性育儿工具(ADAPT)预防干预的随机对照试验。ADAPT是一项为期14周的预防性干预，旨在加强军人家庭的养育能力。在6个月的随访评估中，在控制基线水平的情况下，干预与母亲和父亲的父母控制点(即更内向的控制点)的改善有关。在控制基线同伴适应的情况下，母亲的父母控制位点与干预后12个月儿童同伴适应的改善呈正相关。一个显著的间接效应表明，参与ADAPT通过提高母亲的父母控制点来改善12个月的同伴适应。讨论了支持青年对部署相关压力源恢复力的影响。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Early Adolescence publishes articles that increase our understanding of individuals, 10 through 14 years of age, in the life span. The journal is designed to present major theoretical papers, state-of-the-art papers, and current research, as well as reviews of important professional books and early adolescent films and literature. A complete Policy Statement and information about submissions are available from the Editor.