The Effects of Parent Education Groups on Parent-Child Relationship and Child Behavior Problems Author:林家興 Josh Chia-Hsin Lin
Research Article
This study aimed to compare three group methods of parent education and their effects on participants’ parent-child relationship and child behavior problems. Three group methods that are commonly known to the Chinese parents ( i.e., group counseling, study group, and classroom teaching) were compared in terms of their effects on parents and their children. A posttest-only control group design was used to conduct the experiment. One hundred and eighty-six voluntary parents of elementary school children in Taipei City were randomly assigned to either experimental or control groups. Measures of parent-child relationship and child behavior problems were collected immediately after the experiment and three months post-experiment. Results of the study were that: (1) there were no significant difference among group counseling, study group, classroom teaching, and waiting-list control groups on the immediate experimental effects of parent education; (2) group counseling and study groups were found to have significant experimental effects on parent-child relationship and child behavior problems three months post-experiment; and (3) classroom teaching was found to have significant experimental effects on child behavior problems three months post-experiment. Practical and research implications are discussed.