Gentle Warriors Academy Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation

Primary outcomes

1. 1) Healthy Parenting Attitudes Measurement #1

   Time frame: baseline and program exit at 10 weeks post-enrollment

   Will participants report significantly healthier parenting attitudes after completing primary workshops, as compared to responses at program enrollment?

   Items measured include:

   Parenting attitudes measured with:

   7 items - frequency of feelings about participant's youngest child (categorical, 5-point scale)

   Measured on the parenting attitudes scale #1 as:

   1 = always, 2 = often, 3 = sometimes, 4 = rarely, 5 = never

   The construct is created by adding all 7 scores together and dividing by 7. The higher the score on a scale of 1-5, the better the outcome. The lower the score, the worse the outcome.

   Maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0

2. 2) Healthy Parenting Behaviors Measurement #1

   Time frame: Time frame: change from baseline in parenting behaviors (interactions with child) from enrollment to 1 year post-enrollment.

   Will participants report significantly healthier parenting behavior one year after enrolling in the program, as compared to responses at baseline?

   Items measured include:

   Parenting behavior measured with:

   11 items - frequency of key behaviors with participant's youngest child (categorical, 5-point scale)

   Measured on the parenting behavior scale #1 as:

   1 = never, 2 = 1 to 2 days per month, 3 = 3 or 4 days per month, 4 = 2 or 3 days per week, 5 = every day or almost every day

   The higher the rating, the better the score.

   The construct is created by adding all 11 scores together and dividing by 11. The higher the score on a scale of 1-5, the better the outcome. The lower the score, the worse the outcome.

   maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0

3. 3) Healthy Co-parenting Behaviors Measurement #1

   Time frame: change from baseline in co-parenting behaviors (interactions with co-parent) from enrollment to 1 year post-enrollment.

   Will participants report significantly healthier co-parenting behavior one year after enrolling in the program, as compared to responses at baseline?

   Items measured include:

   11 items: frequency of agreement with key co-parenting behaviors (categorical, 5-point scale)

   Measured on the co-parenting behavior scale #1 as:

   1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree

   The construct is created by adding all scores together and dividing by 11. The higher the score on a scale of 1-5, the better the outcome. The lower the score, the worse the outcome.

4. 4) Parent Wellbeing Measurement #1

   Time frame: change from baseline in parental wellbeing (feelings about parenting) from enrollment to program exit (10 weeks).

   Will participants report significantly higher parental wellbeing after completing primary workshops, as compared to responses at program enrollment?

   1 item: frequency of feeling overwhelmed by parenting responsibilities (categorical, 4-point scale)

   1 = never, 2 = hardly ever, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often

   The lower the number, the better the score. Maximum score=4.0, minimum score=1