Parenting Interventions Implementation Science: How Delivery Format Impacts the Parenting Wisely Program

• NCJ Number: 243011
• Journal: Research on Social Work Practice Dated: May 2013 Pages: 1-12
• Author(s): Katie L. Cotter; Martica Bacallao; Paul R. Smokowski; Caroline I. B. Robertson
• Date Published: May 2012
• Length: 12 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined the implementation and effectiveness of Parenting Wisely, an Internet-based parenting skills intervention.

Abstract

This study examines the implementation and effectiveness of Parenting Wisely, an Internet-based parenting skills intervention. The study assesses whether parents benefit from Parenting Wisely participation and whether the delivery format influences program effectiveness. This study uses a quasi-experimental design. Participating parents (N = 144) come from a rural, impoverished, ethnically diverse county in a Southeastern State. The intervention is delivered via four formats: parents-only intensive workshop, parents-only 5-week group, parent and adolescent 5-week group, and parent and adolescent online format. Findings show an association between Parenting Wisely participation and improvements in family problem solving, family roles, family involvement, parenting self-efficacy, parenting sense of competence, and decreased adolescent violent behavior. Effect sizes vary by delivery format. Positive program effects vary by delivery format and outcome. Practice implications are discussed. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.