Citation

Kim YB. J. Fam. Trauma Child Cust. Child Dev. 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/26904586.2021.1970688

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The main purpose of the current study was to investigate the influence of group-based parenting education programs on protective factors that prevent child abuse and neglect. The group-based parenting education programs that were chosen in this study were a family literacy program, a parent-child interaction program, and a child safety and welfare education program. All participant families showed promising results in enhancing family functioning/resiliency, social support, concrete support, knowledge of parenting and child development, and nurturing and attachment and families attending different parenting education programs showed significantly different improvement in concrete support, social support, and knowledge of parenting and child development. In addition, families with different demographic characteristics showed significantly different improvement in all five protective factors. The presence of five protective factors can reduce the likelihood of abuse and neglect and group-based parenting education can help provide safe environments for children by supporting families.

Keywords

child abuse and neglect; group-based parenting education; Parenting; protective factors