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Emotionally focused therapy group intervention for parents of primary school students with parenting stress: an evaluation study in Hong Kong

Emotionally focused therapy group intervention for parents of primary school students with... The ‘Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go’ relationship education and enhancement programme for families with teens was indigenised to help parents with preteens to lower their parenting pressure and to enhance parent–child communication. The evaluation of the intervention adopted a mixed method approach. 45 parents and 64 children were invited to fill out pre-test (T0), post-test (T1), and 2-month follow-up (T2) questionnaire. A total of 16 parent participants were involved in two focus groups. The findings indicated that participants’ parenting stress was lowered after the group intervention, and improvement in family relationships was observed in the aspects of communication, mutuality, and parental control. Children respondents were aware of the positive change in parents in terms of communication and statistically significant differences were found in the pre-test and 2-month follow-up. Parent participants highlighted that the prerequisites to become an accessible, responsive, and emotionally engaging parent was self-care and self-regulation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development Taylor & Francis

Emotionally focused therapy group intervention for parents of primary school students with parenting stress: an evaluation study in Hong Kong

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Emotionally focused therapy group intervention for parents of primary school students with parenting stress: an evaluation study in Hong Kong

Abstract

The ‘Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go’ relationship education and enhancement programme for families with teens was indigenised to help parents with preteens to lower their parenting pressure and to enhance parent–child communication. The evaluation of the intervention adopted a mixed method approach. 45 parents and 64 children were invited to fill out pre-test (T0), post-test (T1), and 2-month follow-up (T2) questionnaire. A total of 16 parent participants were involved in two...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2022 Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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2165-0993
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0218-5385
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10.1080/02185385.2022.2092770
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Abstract

The ‘Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go’ relationship education and enhancement programme for families with teens was indigenised to help parents with preteens to lower their parenting pressure and to enhance parent–child communication. The evaluation of the intervention adopted a mixed method approach. 45 parents and 64 children were invited to fill out pre-test (T0), post-test (T1), and 2-month follow-up (T2) questionnaire. A total of 16 parent participants were involved in two focus groups. The findings indicated that participants’ parenting stress was lowered after the group intervention, and improvement in family relationships was observed in the aspects of communication, mutuality, and parental control. Children respondents were aware of the positive change in parents in terms of communication and statistically significant differences were found in the pre-test and 2-month follow-up. Parent participants highlighted that the prerequisites to become an accessible, responsive, and emotionally engaging parent was self-care and self-regulation.

Journal

Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 2, 2023

Keywords: Emotionally focused therapy; groupwork; parenting stress; parent–child communication; Hong Kong

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