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Keywords
Adolescent psychology; Parent and teenager; Parenting;
Abstract
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of parent training in reducing conduct symptoms in adolescents. The study also investigated the relationship between parent training and parental satisfaction with the parent-child relationship and with their parenting performance. Participants in the study consisted of parents of adolescent children. The participants consisted of two groups: (a) the control group (N = 17) and (b) the parent training group (N = 11 ). The control group (C) completed a biographical data sheet and a scale assessing satisfaction with parent-child relationship and satisfaction with parenting performance. The parent training (PT) group completed a biographical data sheet, pre- and post- assessments on the satisfaction scales, and a checklist of DSM-IV conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms present in target adolescents. Initial analyses of group differences indicated the PT group parents scored significantly lower on scales assessing satisfaction with their parent-child relationships and their parenting performance. The PT group scores on these two scales were non-significantly correlated, whereas the C group had significantly correlated scores on the two scales. Hypotheses in the study predicted that (a) parent training would result in a positive change in scale scores measuring satisfaction with parent-child relationship, (b) parent training participants would score higher on the measure assessing satisfaction with parenting performance following parent training, and (c) PT participants' target adolescents would have fewer and less severe oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms, as defined in the DSM-IV. Results supported the hypotheses. Upon completion of 10 weeks of parent training sessions, the PT subjects scored higher on both satisfaction scales (p < .01). Also, the target children of PT subjects demonstrated decreases in parental reported ODD and CD symptomology following the parent training. Limitations of the study and directions for future research are discussed.
Year of Submission
1998
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Augustine Osman
Second Advisor
Michael Gasser
Third Advisor
Beverly Kopper
Date Original
1998
Object Description
1 PDF file (67 leaves)
Copyright
©1998 Conna Sue Bral
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bral, Conna Sue, "Parent Training Effects on Satisfaction with Parent-Child Relationships, Parenting Performance, and Conduct Symptoms" (1998). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2143.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2143
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