TY - JOUR
T1 - Tracing changes in families who participated in the home-start parenting program
T2 - Parental sense of competence as mechanism of change
AU - Deković, Maja
AU - Asscher, Jessica J.
AU - Hermanns, Jo
AU - Reitz, Ellen
AU - Prinzie, Peter
AU - van den Akker, Alithe L.
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - The present study aimed to (1) determine the long-term effectiveness of Home-Start, a preventive parenting program, and (2) test the hypothesis that changes in maternal sense of competence mediate the program's effects. Participants were 124 mothers (n=66 intervention, n=58 comparison). Four assessments took place during a 1-year period. Latent growth modeling showed that Home-Start enhanced growth in maternal sense of competence and supportive parenting, and led to a decrease in the use of inept discipline. Results of mediational and cross-lagged analyses were consistent with the hypothesized model: Participation in Home-Start was related to the changes in maternal sense of competence, which in turn predicted changes in parenting. The results affirm the importance of directly targeting parental sense of competence in the context of prevention work with parents.
AB - The present study aimed to (1) determine the long-term effectiveness of Home-Start, a preventive parenting program, and (2) test the hypothesis that changes in maternal sense of competence mediate the program's effects. Participants were 124 mothers (n=66 intervention, n=58 comparison). Four assessments took place during a 1-year period. Latent growth modeling showed that Home-Start enhanced growth in maternal sense of competence and supportive parenting, and led to a decrease in the use of inept discipline. Results of mediational and cross-lagged analyses were consistent with the hypothesized model: Participation in Home-Start was related to the changes in maternal sense of competence, which in turn predicted changes in parenting. The results affirm the importance of directly targeting parental sense of competence in the context of prevention work with parents.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77954623723
U2 - 10.1007/s11121-009-0166-5
DO - 10.1007/s11121-009-0166-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 20101464
AN - SCOPUS:77954623723
SN - 1389-4986
VL - 11
SP - 263
EP - 274
JO - Prevention Science
JF - Prevention Science
IS - 3
ER -
