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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.
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).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group (positive discipline program) | Experimental | The intervention group was provided with 8 weekly sessions of a 90 minutes positive discipline program. |
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| Active control group (free interaction) | Active Comparator | while the active control group was provided with 8 weekly 90 minute sessions of free interaction. |
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| No-contact group | No Intervention | No intervention was performed with the no-contact control group. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Positive discipline program | Behavioral | The intervention group was provided with 8 weekly sessions of a 90 minutes positive discipline program |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| improvement in parenting attitudes | 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. | 8 weeks later |
| improvement in Parenting Attitudes of Couples | 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. | 8 weeks later |
| improvement a parent's relationship with their child | 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. | 3 months later |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Aysun Eksioglu, PhD. Dr. | TAEK | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ege University, TAEK | Izmir | Turkey (Türkiye) |
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| active control group | Behavioral | free interaction group consisting of topics determined by the families. |
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