Motivational Parent Training in Community Corrections

描述(由申请人提供)：父母酗酒和吸毒的历史预示着不熟练的父母行为会导致孩子的反社会行为、酒精和药物风险，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在解释成功参与育儿小组方面的预测有效性。样本将从接受法院命令监督的俄勒冈县农村人口中提取，由N=180名自愿参与的男性和女性及其家人组成。参与者将与15岁或以下的孩子一起生活或每周与其接触，并将被随机分配到两种条件之一：激励性父母管理培训(MPMT)或照常社区干预(AUC)。基线评估、干预终止和12个月的随访将包括关键概念的多因素、多方法数据：物质使用、反社会行为、动机水平和认知因素、父母纪律、监督、鼓励、参与和解决问题。我们将评估5岁及以上儿童的内化和外化行为、学习成绩、与同伴有关的问题，以及10岁及以上儿童的药物使用风险。将为所有儿童收集有关儿童适应、养育和虐待的父母、重要其他人和官方记录报告。我们假设，(1)动机水平和认知因素将预测MPMT组和AUC组的参与度增加，(2)成功参与MPMT组将导致父母使用药物和再次犯罪的风险降低，(3)与AUC组相比，MPMT组的父母养育技能将有所提高，(4)父母养育技能的进步将为儿童和青少年带来更好的行为、同伴、学校和酒精和药物风险结果，以及(5)父母在后续行动中的适应也将受到子女进步的影响。马诺瓦和结构方程模型将被用来检验关键假设。

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.