ERIC Number: EJ998455
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Publication Date: 2013-Apr
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"Tuning into Kids": Reducing Young Children's Behavior Problems Using an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program
Havighurst, Sophie S.; Wilson, Katherine R.; Harley, Ann E.; Kehoe, Christiane; Efron, Daryl; Prior, Margot R.
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, v44 n2 p247-264 Apr 2013
This study evaluated a 6-session group parenting program, "Tuning into Kids" (TIK), as treatment for young children (aged 4.0-5.11 years) with behavior problems. TIK targets parent emotion socialization (parent emotion awareness, regulation and emotion coaching skills). Fifty-four parents, recruited via a child behavior clinic, were randomized into intervention (TIK) or waitlist (clinical treatment as usual). Parents reported emotion awareness/regulation, emotion coaching, empathy and child behavior (pre-intervention, post-intervention, 6-month follow-up); teachers reported child behavior and observers rated parent-child emotion coaching and child emotion knowledge (pre-intervention, follow-up). Data were analyzed using growth curve modeling and ANCOVA. Parents in both conditions reported less emotional dismissiveness and reduced child behavior problems; in the intervention group, parents also reported greater empathy and had improved observed emotion coaching skills; their children had greater emotion knowledge and reduced teacher-reported behavior problems. TIK appears to be a promising addition to treatment for child behavior problems.
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Parent Education, Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Empathy, Preschool Children, Coaching (Performance), Emotional Response, Self Control, Clinics, Parent Child Relationship, Observation, Statistical Analysis, Outcomes of Treatment
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Language: English
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