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NCT Number: NCT05375019

Positive Discipline in Parent Training

The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a Positive Discipline Program applied to the parents of preschool children. Accordingly, the tertiary aims of this study included determining the effects of a positive discipline program on the child upbringing attitudes of parents with preschool children, their perceptions regarding each other's child upbringing attitudes, and the communication between preschool children and their parents.

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Key information

Conditions

Parenting

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ege University, TAEK

Izmir, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

This randomized controlled experimental study included pretest, posttest, and monitoring test applications with an intervention group, an active control group, and a no-contact control group. The study was conducted between May 2020 and June 2022. The universe of the study consisted of 653 parents with preschool (ages 3-6) children registered to the Izmir Bornova Şükrü Ergil Family Health Center No:9. Sample size was calculated using power analysis and assigned randomly to the intervention, active control, and no-contact control groups in groups of 24 (n=72). The intervention group was provided with 8 weekly sessions of a 90 minutes positive discipline program while the active control group was provided with 8 weekly 90 minute sessions of free interaction. No intervention was performed with the no-contact control group. Data collection was performed using a Personal Information Form, Parental Attitude Scale (PAS), Assessment of Parenting Attitudes of Couples Scale (APACS) and the Parent Child Communication Scale (PCCS).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Registered at Şükrü Ergil Family Health Center No. 9 in Bornova,
  • Agreeing to participate in the research,
  • Having children between the ages of 3-6,
  • Parents have not participated in any parent education program before,
  • Having the cognitive ability to receive education,
  • Able to read and write,
  • Having no problems in hearing, seeing and understanding,
  • Will be able to participate in at least 7 sessions of the positive discipline program and active control group,
  • Capable of using an online program (because it is made online).

Exclusion criteria

  • Failure to attend at most one of the positive training program and active control group sessions,
  • Parent's request to withdraw at any stage of the trial.

Treatment and study plan

Positive discipline program

Behavioral

The intervention group was provided with 8 weekly sessions of a 90 minutes positive discipline program

Active Control Group

Behavioral

free interaction group consisting of topics determined by the families.

Primary outcomes

  1. improvement in parenting attitudes

    Time frame: 8 weeks later

    Parental Attitude Scale (PAS) was used that scale consists of three sub-dimension. The 38-item scale has three sub-dimensions: "13 items Democratic Attitude", "10 items Oppressive and Authoritarian Attitude", and "12 items Overprotective Attitude". A high score in each dimension means that the attitude characteristic related to that sub-dimension is dominant. It is expected that this study will change in oppressive and authoritarian, overprotective and democratic parenting attitude.

  2. improvement in Parenting Attitudes of Couples

    Time frame: 8 weeks later

    Assessment of Parenting Attitudes of Couples Scale (APACS) was used that scale consist of four sub-dimension. The scale, which consists of 50 items in total, has four sub-dimensions: "15 items Democratic Attitude", "14 items Oppressive and Authoritarian Attitude", "10 items Overprotective Attitude" and "11 items Permissive Attitude". Higher scores on the APACS indicate that the spouses' child rearing attitudes in the relevant sub-dimension are more dominant by observing the other parent. It is expected that this study will change in these parenting attitude.

  3. improvement a parent's relationship with their child

    Time frame: 3 months later

    Parent Child Communication Scale (PCCS) was used. The parent version of the PCCS involved a 20-item measure that also consisted of a five-point scale ranging from 'almost never' to 'almost always'. This PCCS parent version is composed of four sub-scales: parent communication, parent restricted topics, child/empathy listening, and child emotional expression.I It is understood that the higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the level of communication of the parent with his/her child. It is expected that this study will change in parent's relationship with their child.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ege University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effectiveness of a Positive Discipline Program Applied To The Parents of Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Study

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
May 16, 2022
Registry last updated
Feb 20, 2024

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