Brief Parenting Support for Parents of Teenagers Dealing with Family Conflict: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
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Brief Parenting Support for Parents of Teenagers Dealing with Family Conflict: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Cassandra K. Dittman1,2 · Kylie Burke1 · Julie Hodges1
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Abstract Background There is a need for research to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of alternative delivery methods to make evidence-based parenting programs more accessible to parents of teenagers. Objective This study aimed to test the efficacy of a 2-h parenting discussion group for parents of adolescents experiencing family conflict. It was hypothesised that parents attending the discussion group would report reductions in family conflict and adolescent behavior problems and improvements in the parent–adolescent relationship and parenting in comparison to control parents. Method This study was a randomized controlled trial. Ninety parents of teenagers (11– 16 years; M = 13.23 years) were randomly allocated to intervention (n = 43) or waitlist conditions (n = 47) and completed questionnaires of parent–adolescent and family conflict, adolescent behavior, the parent–adolescent relationship and parenting at pre- and postintervention and 6-month follow up. Results At post-intervention, intervention parents reported greater declines in adolescent oppositional behavior problems in comparison to controls. No intervention effects were found for parent–adolescent or family conflict, or for the parent–adolescent relationship and parenting practices. Conclusions Brief parenting interventions may offer an alternative strategy for supporting parents to deal with challenging adolescent behavior, but further research is required to determine if this type of brief and targeted intervention is effective for family conflict. Such research is important given the need for effective and easily deployable prevention and intervention approaches that address a problem that has significant impact on adolescent wellbeing and family functioning. Keywords Brief parenting intervention · Conflict · Adolescents · Parent–adolescent relationship · Randomized controlled trial · Triple P
* Cassandra K. Dittman [email protected] 1
Parenting and Family Support Centre, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia
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Introduction Adolescence is often perceived as being characterized by high levels of parent–adolescent conflict (PAC) characterized by reciprocal disagreement, overt behavioral opposition, relationship dissatisfaction and/or mild bickering (Brković et al. 2014; Laursen et al. 1998). While it is true that families experience a peak in conflict around 14 years of age, it is typically minor in nature, and characterized by bickering over everyday issues (Allison and Schultz 2004; Laursen et al. 1998). Most families do not experience significant conflict or disruption to family relationships du
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