Parental efficacy after a military parenting program: A dyadic latent growth model

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI:10.1111/jmft.12671

Qiyue Cai MA, Sydni Basha MA, Abigail H. Gewirtz PhD

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Parental efficacy is an important aspect of parenting and a key outcome in many parenting programs. However, most studies focus on mothers, and less is known about the relationship between coparents' parental efficacy over time following intervention, and how parental distress can impact parental efficacy. The current study (N = 271 heterosexual couples; 162 intervention and 109 control) used a dyadic latent growth model to explore the dependence structure of parental efficacy between couples 2 years after assignment to a military parenting program, After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools or a control condition. Results revealed a significant intervention effect, with both mothers and fathers in the intervention group exhibiting quadratic changes over 2 years, while the control group remained relatively stable. Notably, mothers' baseline emotional distress and fathers' deployment length emerged as predictors in understanding parental efficacy improvement over time. This research underscores the importance of adopting a family systems perspective and considering emotional distress and environmental stressors in designing targeted interventions to support military families and enhance overall well-being.

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军事育儿计划后的父母效能：一个二元潜在成长模型。

父母效能感是养育子女的一个重要方面，也是许多养育计划的一个关键结果。然而，大多数研究都集中在母亲身上，对干预后共同承担人的父母效能感与父母痛苦如何影响父母效能感之间的关系知之甚少。当前研究（N = 271对异性恋夫妇；162项干预和109项对照）使用二元潜在生长模型来探索分配到军事育儿计划、部署后、适应性育儿工具或对照条件2年后夫妇之间父母效能的依赖结构。结果显示，干预效果显著，干预组的母亲和父亲在2年内都表现出二次变化，而对照组保持相对稳定。值得注意的是，母亲的基线情绪困扰和父亲的部署时间是理解父母效能随时间改善的预测因素。这项研究强调了在设计有针对性的干预措施以支持军人家庭和提高整体幸福感时，采用家庭系统观点并考虑情绪困扰和环境压力的重要性。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Marital & Family Therapy (JMFT) is published quarterly by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is one of the best known and most influential family therapy journals in the world. JMFT is a peer-reviewed journal that advances the professional understanding of marital and family functioning and the most effective psychotherapeutic treatment of couple and family distress. Toward that end, the Journal publishes articles on research, theory, clinical practice, and training in marital and family therapy.