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Citation |
Browne DCH. J. Fam. Violence 1989; 4(2): 211-221. |
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Affiliation |
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, USA; The Mental Retardation Research Core at The Frank Porter Graham Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514 Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 1989, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group) |
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unavailable |
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Abstract |
This paper describes as a primary prevention strategy, a parent-education program aimed at enhancing the parenting skills and knowledge of incarcerated women (the majority of whom were mothers). Data are presented which describe changes in program participants' self-evaluations, parenting attitudes, and expectations of children. Upon completing of the parenting program, few differences were observed for the various pre- and post-test measures. Specifically, the analysis indicated that participants' self-esteem improved slightly but that participants appeared to regress in such parenting attitudes as beliefs in the use of corporal punishment as a means of discipline. The need for further examination of the area of parenting attitudes and practices of incarcerated mothers is underscored. |