Internet Stepparent Training for Parents of Adolescents

描述(由申请者提供)：这项研究将开发一个互动的多媒体程序，向有青少年的离婚家庭的父母和伴侣传授行为育儿技能。基于能力的教学设计将使用视频片段来测试用户对适当的育儿策略的理解。根据用户对互动问题的回应，视频评论员将审查潜在的结果和模型化行为的含义，赞扬有效的行为，并在适当的情况下推荐更好的方法。拟议的计划将为离婚家庭的父母提供高质量的研究型育儿指导，这些父母不太可能参加传统的育儿课程，或者在当地没有这样的资源。界面设计将方便没有经验的计算机用户和阅读能力有限的父母使用。第一阶段的原型将设计用于互联网上。它将针对继母关系中的亲生母亲，并将在随机试验中进行评估。在第二阶段，该计划的范围将扩大，有针对性的计划提供育儿技能，并解决父亲、继母、继父和父母在混合家庭中的视角和角色。第二阶段的产品将开发用于互联网、CD-ROM和VHS，并将在随机试验中进行评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research will develop an interactive multi-media program to teach behavioral parenting skills to parents and partners in divorced families with adolescents. A competency-based instructional design will use video vignettes to test user comprehension of appropriate parenting strategies. Based upon user responses to interactive questions, video commentators will review potential outcomes and the implications of modeled behaviors, lauding effective behaviors and recommending better approaches if appropriate. The proposed program will deliver high-quality research-based parenting instruction to parents in divorced families who are unlikely to attend traditional parenting classes, or who do not have such resources available locally. The interface design will facilitate use by inexperienced computer users, and by parents with limited reading skills. The Phase I prototype will be designed for use on the Internet. It will be targeted to biological mothers in step-parenting relationships and will be evaluated in a randomized trial. In Phase II, the scope of the program will be broadened with targeted programs providing parenting skills and also addressing the perspectives and roles of fathers, stepmothers, stepfathers, and parents in blended families. The Phase II product will be developed for Internet, CD-ROM, and VHS, and will be evaluated in a randomized trial.