Results indicate participants in the 1 -2-3 Magic group reported significantly less problem behaviors for their children, and significantly
less dysfunctional parenting, at the end of the intervention when compared to the control group.
This study demonstrated improved parenting behaviour (
less dysfunctional parenting practices) four years after the intervention.
Not exact matches
While this may be
less clear in Baltimore than in the District of Columbia, both cities show signs that market reforms are providing alternatives for frustrated
parents and antidotes to
dysfunctional bureaucratic systems.
When the analysis was conducted on the entire sample, results indicated that global and to a
lesser extent proximal measures of child behavior problems and personal distress made modest contributions to
dysfunctional parenting, with neither child behavior problems or personal distress playing a more important role than the other.
They also reported reduced parental stress and
less use of
dysfunctional parenting practices.
Using mothers» reports of child behaviour and
parenting practices, mothers in the SD group reported significantly
less child behaviour problems,
less use of
dysfunctional discipline strategies, and greater
parenting competence than mothers in the WL group.