Effects of an Intervention for Incarcerated Parents

描述(由申请人提供)：美国大多数州(55%)和联邦(63%)囚犯至少有一个18岁以下的孩子。父母的犯罪行为、逮捕和监禁至少是暴力和严重儿童犯罪的适度预测因素，而且有证据表明，父母犯罪行为对儿童反社会行为的影响是通过育儿实践来调节的。美国监狱已经推出了各种旨在改善囚犯为人父母的做法的非标准化计划，但关于此类计划对囚犯和儿童的影响的严格科学知识是不存在的。 为了开始弥补这种知识的缺乏，我们提出了一项随机预防性干预试验，以测试父母管理培训对被监禁父母的子女的影响。这次审判将在俄勒冈州惩教署(DOC)和俄勒冈州州长的全力合作和支持下进行，干预服务将由DOC支付。被监禁的父母(N=400人；女性占50%；少数人占50%)将被随机分为父母管理培训条件(PMT；g=200)或服务照常条件(SU；n=200)。PMT将把当前监狱家长教育课程的实践标准与最新的、以经验为基础的家长管理培训内容和方法结合起来。此外，作为PMT条件的一部分，照顾者将收到每周的邮件和每周的电话。将在基线、干预期间、干预后、出狱后和释放后6个月对参与者(即囚犯、照顾者和小学[1至5年级]的重点儿童)进行评估。学校和法院的记录以及教师数据将在基线和发布后6个月收集。收集的数据将允许检查针对被监禁父母的基于理论和经验的小组PMT计划是否对囚犯、他们的孩子及其照顾者在监狱内外的行为、福祉和关系产生积极影响；以及儿童和照顾者行为、幸福感和关系的任何变化是否通过治疗启动的囚犯父母养育做法的变化来调节。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A majority of state (55%) and federal (63%) prisoners in the U.S. have at least one child under the age of 18 years. Parental criminality, arrests, and incarceration are at least modest predictors of violent and serious child delinquency, and there is evidence that the impact of parent criminality on child antisocial behavior is mediated by parenting practices. A variety of non-standardized programs aimed at improving inmate parenting practices have been delivered in U.S. prisons, but rigorous scientific knowledge on the impact of such programs on inmates and children is non-existent. To begin to remedy this lack of knowledge, we propose a randomized preventive intervention trial to test the impact of parent management training on the children of incarcerated parents. This trial will be conducted with the full cooperation and support of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Oregon Governor, and services for the intervention will be paid for by the DOC. Incarcerated parents (.N = 400; 50% female; 50% minority) will be randomized into a parent management training condition (PMT; g = 200) or a services-as-usual condition (SU; _n= 200). PMT will combine current standard of practice prison parent education curricula with state of the art, empirically-based parent management training content and methods. In addition, caregivers will receive weekly mailings as well as weekly phone calls as part of the PMT condition. Participants (i.e., inmates, caregivers, and a focus child in elementary school [grades 1 through 5]) will be assessed at baseline, during intervention, following intervention, after release from prison, and 6 months after release. School and court records and teacher data will be collected at baseline and 6 months after release. Collected data will allow for an examination of whether a theoretically and empirically based, group-delivered PMT program for incarcerated parents positively impacts the behavior, well-being, and relationships of the inmates, their children, and the caregivers of their children while the inmate is inside and outside of prison; and whether any changes in child and caregiver behavior, well-being, and relationships are mediated by treatment-initiated changes in inmate parenting practices.