The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of home positive parenting programs targeted to families at psychosocial risk carried out in Cantabria (Spain). The investigators will collect information before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years). Besides, the investigators will compare these results with information from other families that are not taking part in the program. Depending on the case, the practitioners in charge of the intervention, the main caregivers of the participating families and/or the adolescents will provide the information for the study. The investigators expect that families participating in the programs will improve their parenting competencies, their family dynamics, and the life quality of their children.
A quasi-experimental design will be followed, with at least three evaluation moments and with a non-randomized comparison group. Families will be referred to the PIF from social services. The participants will answer a series of questionnaires and scales, where they will give information related to sociodemographic data, parenting competencies, family functioning and children/adolescent adjustment. The information will be digitized through a computer application to which only the professional intervening with the family will have access. The app will not allow the participants to leave any question with no answer or with an incorrect answer. To analyze the data, the investigators will use the softwares Mplus and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Home psychoeducational intervention in an individual format driven by a practitioner where caregivers learn parenting competences and children learn autonomy and emotional regulation skills
Consejería de Inclusión Social, Juventud, Familias E Igualdad
Santander, Cantabria, Spain
RECRUITINGFamily functioning
SCORE rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Children's quality of life
KIDSCREEN-10 rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Satisfaction with Family Life
Satisfaction with Family Life Scale (SWFLS), rated on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Emotional intelligence
The Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (EQ-i:YV) rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Indicators of social integration of the family
This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Children adjustment
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) rated on a 3-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 2. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
School adjustment indicators
This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Parental Competencies
The Parenting Competencies Assessment Interview (ECP - 12) rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Autonomy and life skills
The Life Skills Inventory (LSI) rated on a 2-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 1. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Expectations about the intervention
This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Before the intervention
Perceived change after the intervention
This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Every six months from the start of the intervention until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
Satisfaction with the intervention
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8), rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Time frame: Every six months from the start of the intervention until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)
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