Motivational Parent Training in Community Corrections

描述（由申请人提供）：父母酗酒和吸毒的历史可以预测不熟练的父母做法，导致孩子的反社会行为，酗酒和吸毒的风险，以及在学校和同龄人中的失败。在社区矫正人群中，我们建议测试父母管理培训的有效性以及动机和认知因素对成功参与父母小组的预测效度。样本将取自接受法院命令监督的俄勒冈县农村人口，并将由自愿参与的180名男性和女性及其家人组成。参与者将与15岁或15岁以下的孩子一起生活或每周与他们接触，并将被随机分配到两种情况中的一种：激励性父母管理培训（MPMT）或照常社区（AUC）干预。基线评估、干预终止和12个月的随访将包括多因素、多方法的关键结构数据：物质使用、反社会行为、动机水平和认知因素、父母管教、监督、鼓励、参与和问题解决。我们将评估5岁及以上儿童的内化和外化行为、学习成绩和同伴相关问题，以及10岁及以上儿童的药物使用风险。所有儿童的父母，重要的其他和官方记录报告的儿童适应，养育和虐待将被收集。我们假设：(1)动机水平和认知因素可以预测MPMT组和AUC组参与程度的提高；(2)MPMT组的成功参与将导致父母物质使用和再犯的风险降低；(3)MPMT组与AUC组相比，父母教养技能的提高将使儿童和青少年在行为、同伴、学校、酒精和药物风险方面取得更好的结果。(5)父母在随访时的调整也会受到孩子的改善的影响。将使用方差分析和结构方程模型来检验关键假设。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Parent alcohol and drug use history is predictive of unskilled parenting practices that lead to child antisocial behavior, alcohol and drug risk, and failure at school and with peers. Within a community corrections population, we propose to test parent management training efficacy and the predictive validity of motivational and cognitive factors in accounting for successful participation in parenting groups. The sample will be taken from a rural Oregon county population receiving court-ordered supervision and will consist of N = 180 men and women and their families who volunteer to participate. Participants will live with or have weekly contact with their child(ren) 15 years of age or younger, and will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: motivational parent management training (MPMT) or as usual community (AUC) intervention. Assessment at baseline, intervention termination, and 12-month follow-up will include multiple-agent, multiple-method data for key constructs: substance use, antisocial behavior, motivation levels and cognitive factors, parent discipline, supervision, encouragement, involvement and problem solving. We will assess children ages 5 years and older for internalizing and externalizing behaviors, academic performance, and peer-related problems, as well as substance use risk for children aged 10 and older. Parent, significant other, and official records reports of child adjustment, nurturance and abuse will be gathered for all children. We hypothesize that, (1) motivational levels and cognitive factors will be predictive of increased engagement for both the MPMT and AUC groups, (2) successful participation in MPMT groups will result in parents' reduced risk for substance use and recidivism, (3) gains in parenting skills will occur in the MPMT as compared with the AUC condition, (4) increments in parenting skills will produce better behavioral, peer, school, and alcohol and drug risk outcomes for children and adolescents, and (5) parents' adjustment at follow-up will also be impacted by their children's improvement. MANOVA and structural equation modeling will be used to test the key hypotheses.