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Citation |
To SM, Kwok CM, So YY, Yan MW. Fam. Process 2019; 58(2): 318-333. |
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Affiliation |
Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2019, Family Process Institute, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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29897622 |
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Abstract |
Although numerous studies have indicated the significance of parental support and parent-child communication in alleviating the adverse effects of parental departure on left-behind children, researchers have rarely addressed the impact of parent education on migrant parents. On the basis of the results of a pilot randomized controlled trial, the study reported here involved examining the possible outcomes and feasibility of a parent education program for rural-to-urban migrant mothers of left-behind children in China. Informed by an existential-narrative approach to parent education, the program was composed of six 2.5-hour sessions. The sample included 56 migrant mothers recruited from a social service center in Shenzhen, China, who were randomly assigned to either the immediate group (n = 28, M = 34.82 years, SD = 4.12, aged 23-43) or the waitlist control group (n = 28, M = 34.68 years, SD = 4.53, aged 28-43). The hypotheses of the trial were twofold: that the program would positively affect participants' parental identity and that it would improve mother-child relationships and parenting practices. The results revealed no significant difference in parental identity between the intervention group and the waitlist control group at the post-test assessment after ruling out the effects of pretest survey scores. However, significant differences did emerge in parent-child relationships and parenting practices. Overall, the results corroborate the feasibility of examining the current program for migrant mothers in China in a full trial. The findings also offer insights into developing empirically supported parent education programs for migrant parents. Language: en |
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Keywords |
China; Left-Behind Children; Migrant Mothers; Parent Education; Randomized Controlled Trial; capacitación para padres; ensayo controlado y aleatorizado; madres emigrantes; niños que quedan en el campo; 中国; 家长教育; 留守儿童; 移民母亲; 随机控制试验 |