A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Parenting Interventions on Enhancing Parental Resilience Resources and Reducing Children’s Problem Behaviors in Chinese Cross-Boundary Families: Positive Benefits and Moderation Effects

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY
He Bu, Iris Kam-fung Liu, Nancy Xiaonan Yu
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Daily cross-boundary schooling between Shenzhen and Hong Kong constitutes a constant challenge for Chinese cross-boundary families in terms of parenting burden. To address their most urgent parenting needs, we adapted and evaluated two intervention approaches—improving emotional regulation and providing knowledge about Hong Kong. A cluster randomized controlled trial with repeated assessments (pre-, post-intervention, and one-month follow-up) was adopted to evaluate the intervention effects on the increases of parental resilience resources and reduction of children’s problem behaviors. We further conducted moderation analyses to investigate whether parents with more increases in parental resilience resources would report a greater reduction in children’s problem behaviors. A total of 214 mothers of cross-boundary families were randomly assigned to the emotional regulation arm (ER, n = 120) or the information provision arm (IP, n = 94). Both intervention arms showed positive effects on emotional regulation strategies, and the IP arm outperformed the ER arm in knowledge acquisition. Both arms showed significant and comparable improvements in parental self-efficacy and children’s problem behaviors. Moreover, participants in the IP arm who reported more improvements in parental resilience resources showed a greater reduction in children’s problem behaviors. By adapting two interventions to a new population of cross-boundary families, this trial extended the benefits from parents to children and demonstrated that the improvement of parental resilience resources makes a difference in reducing children’s problem behaviors in the IP arm. Future studies are suggested to focus on parental resilience resources and maximize the benefits on children’s outcomes.

在中国跨境家庭中,两种教养干预措施对增强父母抗逆力资源和减少儿童问题行为的随机对照试验:积极效益和调节效应
深港两地的日常跨境上学对中国跨境家庭的养育负担构成了持续的挑战。为了解决他们最迫切的育儿需求,我们调整并评估了两种干预方法--改善情绪调节和提供香港知识。我们采用了分组随机对照试验,通过重复评估(干预前、干预后和一个月的随访)来评估干预对增加父母抗逆力资源和减少儿童问题行为的效果。我们还进一步进行了调节分析,以研究父母抗逆力资源增加越多的父母是否会报告子女问题行为减少越多。共有 214 名跨境家庭的母亲被随机分配到情绪调节组(ER,n = 120)或信息提供组(IP,n = 94)。两个干预组都对情绪调节策略产生了积极影响,而在知识获取方面,IP 组优于 ER 组。两组在家长自我效能感和儿童问题行为方面都有明显改善,且效果相当。此外,IP 方案的参与者在父母抗逆力资源方面有更多的改善,他们的儿童问题行为也有更大的减少。通过对两种干预措施进行调整,使其适用于新的跨境家庭人群,这项试验将父母的受益范围扩大到了儿童,并证明了父母抗逆力资源的改善对减少 IP 组儿童的问题行为具有重要作用。建议今后的研究重点关注父母的抗逆力资源,并最大限度地提高对儿童的益处。
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Behavior Therapy
Behavior Therapy Multiple-
CiteScore
7.40
自引率
2.70%
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113
审稿时长
121 days
期刊介绍: Behavior Therapy is a quarterly international journal devoted to the application of the behavioral and cognitive sciences to the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of psychopathology and related clinical problems. It is intended for mental health professionals and students from all related disciplines who wish to remain current in these areas and provides a vehicle for scientist-practitioners and clinical scientists to report the results of their original empirical research. Although the major emphasis is placed upon empirical research, methodological and theoretical papers as well as evaluative reviews of the literature will also be published. Controlled single-case designs and clinical replication series are welcome.
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