Toward fostering resilience on a large scale: Connecting communities of caregivers
Toward fostering resilience on a large scale: Connecting communities of caregivers
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DOI：
10.1017/s0954579419001251
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发表时间：
2019-12-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Benoit, Renee
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作者：
Luthar, Suniya S.;Kumar, Nina L.;Benoit, Renee
在针对高危儿童的干预措施中，Tom Dishion强烈建议短期，具有成本效益，并在家庭自己的社区中提供的计划，正如弹性研究人员强调需要为儿童的主要照顾者提供持续支持的计划，并且可以大规模实施。这里介绍的是针对母亲的短期干预措施-真实联系虚拟小组-的初步结果。之前的一项随机试验对这个项目的个人版本进行了研究，对压力和倦怠风险高的母亲进行了研究，结果显示了显着的益处。在为期3个月的计划中，没有人中途退出，即使在计划结束3个月后，参与者的心理指数和皮质醇也有显着改善。在本研究中，虚拟组进行了五组妇女，所有的白领专业人士与高度紧张，严格的职业生涯，大多数也主要照顾他们的孩子。同样，没有人辍学。平均满意度评分为9.6分（满分10分），净推荐分数（推荐者与批评者）在“世界级”范围内。为了阐明变化的机制，与会者对关于群体价值的开放式问题的回答是逐字逐句的。经常提到的是发展新的、真正的联系和宝贵的持续支持。这些结果，以及妇女参加的低成本和容易性，证明了扩大诸如此类的服务的价值，使压力更大的母亲本身以及她们负责照顾的儿童受益。
In interventions for at-risk children, Tom Dishion strongly exhorted programs that are short term, cost-effective, and delivered in families' own communities, just as resilience researchers underscore the need for programs that provide ongoing support for children's primary caregivers, and are implementable on a large scale. Presented here are preliminary results on a short-term intervention for mothers, the Authentic Connections Virtual Groups. A previous randomized trial of the in-person version of this program, conducted with mothers at high risk for stress and burnout, showed significant benefits. There had been zero dropouts across the 3-month program, and participants showed significant improvements on psychological indices as well as cortisol, even 3 months after the program ended. In the present study, virtual groups were conducted with five sets of women, all white-collar professionals with highly stressful, exacting careers, and most also primary caregivers of their children. Again, there were zero dropouts. Mean satisfaction ratings were 9.6 of 10, and the Net Promoter Score (promoters vs. detractors) fell in the "world class" range. To illuminate mechanisms of change, participants' responses to open-ended questions on the groups' value are presented verbatim. Recurrently mentioned were the development of new, authentic connections and invaluable ongoing support. These results, with the low costs and ease of women's attendance, attest to the value of expanding offerings such as these, toward benefiting even more highly stressed mothers themselves as well as the children for whose care they are responsible.