Parent motivation to enroll in parenting skills programs: a model of family context and health belief prediction

Article Abstract:

Perceived program benefits, program obstacles and previous parenting resource utilization have strongest bearing on the parent's inclination to participate in parenting skill programs. A heuristic model of health belief and family related factors associated with parent inclination to participate in parenting skills program is presented. Household income was not a major predictor of either the child susceptibility to teen problems or perceived severity of teen problems. Parents (n = 1,192) of fifth graders from 33 rural school participated in the program.

Education, Parent participation (Education), Motivation in education, Student motivation

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Measuring parental attributions: conceptual and methodological issues

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A study was conducted to examine issues and advances in determining parental attributions for social behaviors. A number of psychometric concerns associated with various attributional methodologies are also analyzed. Results indicated several definitions and measurement techniques associated with the study of parental attributions for social behaviors. Findings also showed memory-based attributions correlated with explanatory processes originating in parents' pasts.

Family, Interpersonal relations, Attribution (Social psychology), Attribution (Psychology)

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Infant sleep and parental sleep-related cognitions

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A study is conducted to assess infant sleep and parental sleep-related cognition about infant sleep in clinical and control samples. Considerable differences were found with regard to the sleep-quality measures and parental cognitions while the findings underscore the links between parental cognitions and infant sleep and the unique perspective of each parent in this area.

Analysis, Infants, Sleep deprivation

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