Positive Discipline in Parent Training

February 16, 2024 updated by: Hatice Dayilar Candan, Ege University

The Effectiveness of a Positive Discipline Program Applied To The Parents of Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Study

The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a Positive Discipline Program applied to the parents of preschool children. Accordingly, the tertiary aims of this study included determining the effects of a positive discipline program on the child upbringing attitudes of parents with preschool children, their perceptions regarding each other's child upbringing attitudes, and the communication between preschool children and their parents.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This randomized controlled experimental study included pretest, posttest, and monitoring test applications with an intervention group, an active control group, and a no-contact control group. The study was conducted between May 2020 and June 2022. The universe of the study consisted of 653 parents with preschool (ages 3-6) children registered to the Izmir Bornova Şükrü Ergil Family Health Center No:9. Sample size was calculated using power analysis and assigned randomly to the intervention, active control, and no-contact control groups in groups of 24 (n=72). The intervention group was provided with 8 weekly sessions of a 90 minutes positive discipline program while the active control group was provided with 8 weekly 90 minute sessions of free interaction. No intervention was performed with the no-contact control group. Data collection was performed using a Personal Information Form, Parental Attitude Scale (PAS), Assessment of Parenting Attitudes of Couples Scale (APACS) and the Parent Child Communication Scale (PCCS).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

72

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • İzmir, Turkey
        • Ege University, TAEK

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Registered at Şükrü Ergil Family Health Center No. 9 in Bornova,
  • Agreeing to participate in the research,
  • Having children between the ages of 3-6,
  • Parents have not participated in any parent education program before,
  • Having the cognitive ability to receive education,
  • Able to read and write,
  • Having no problems in hearing, seeing and understanding,
  • Will be able to participate in at least 7 sessions of the positive discipline program and active control group,
  • Capable of using an online program (because it is made online).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Failure to attend at most one of the positive training program and active control group sessions,
  • Parent's request to withdraw at any stage of the trial.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group (positive discipline program)
The intervention group was provided with 8 weekly sessions of a 90 minutes positive discipline program.
Behavioral: Positive discipline program
The intervention group was provided with 8 weekly sessions of a 90 minutes positive discipline program
Active Comparator: Active control group (free interaction)
while the active control group was provided with 8 weekly 90 minute sessions of free interaction.
Behavioral: active control group
free interaction group consisting of topics determined by the families.
No Intervention: No-contact group
No intervention was performed with the no-contact control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
improvement in parenting attitudes
Time Frame: 8 weeks later
Parental Attitude Scale (PAS) was used that scale consists of three sub-dimension. The 38-item scale has three sub-dimensions: "13 items Democratic Attitude", "10 items Oppressive and Authoritarian Attitude", and "12 items Overprotective Attitude". A high score in each dimension means that the attitude characteristic related to that sub-dimension is dominant. It is expected that this study will change in oppressive and authoritarian, overprotective and democratic parenting attitude.
8 weeks later
improvement in Parenting Attitudes of Couples
Time Frame: 8 weeks later
Assessment of Parenting Attitudes of Couples Scale (APACS) was used that scale consist of four sub-dimension. The scale, which consists of 50 items in total, has four sub-dimensions: "15 items Democratic Attitude", "14 items Oppressive and Authoritarian Attitude", "10 items Overprotective Attitude" and "11 items Permissive Attitude". Higher scores on the APACS indicate that the spouses' child rearing attitudes in the relevant sub-dimension are more dominant by observing the other parent. It is expected that this study will change in these parenting attitude.
8 weeks later
improvement a parent's relationship with their child
Time Frame: 3 months later
Parent Child Communication Scale (PCCS) was used. The parent version of the PCCS involved a 20-item measure that also consisted of a five-point scale ranging from 'almost never' to 'almost always'. This PCCS parent version is composed of four sub-scales: parent communication, parent restricted topics, child/empathy listening, and child emotional expression.I It is understood that the higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the level of communication of the parent with his/her child. It is expected that this study will change in parent's relationship with their child.
3 months later

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Ege University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Aysun Eksioglu, PhD. Dr., TAEK

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

September 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 3, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 10, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

May 16, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 20, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 16, 2024

Last Verified

February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Ege HDCandan

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

I finished my thesis and published it in Journal of Pediatric Nusing. I can share my published article.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

starting starting 6 months after publication

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

psychiatric nurse

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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