Parenting programmes: what the parents say : a case study in mixed methods social science research

This book presents original research examining parents perspectives on the structure, content and delivery of parenting programmes. It explores how parents have personally been impacted by attending such a programme and finally whether or not this might be affecting their child. Utilising an innovative mixed methods research approach, based around a critical realist philosophy, the author follows 136 families through one of three parenting programmes and beyond. In doing so, she provides important new insights regarding the efficacy of the parenting programmes, demonstrating a real-world application of the transplant model of parent-professional practice in action. This book provides a valuable new resource for students and scholars working in the psychology of education, education, childhood studies, and across the social sciences more broadly. It will also be of interest to policymakers and professionals involved in the development and implementation of parenting programmes. Katy Smart is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, UK. Prior to this she was Senior Teaching Associate in the School of Education at the University of Bristol, UK, where she undertook the PhD which forms the basis of this book. For the last seven years she has also been Editor of the British Psychological Society Education Sections journal, Psychology of Education Review.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction to Key Terms -- Parents -- Parenting Styles -- Parenting Skills -- Parental Involvement and Parental Engagement -- Introduction to Parenting Programmes -- Research Aims -- A Critical Realist Research Approach -- Summary -- References -- 2 The Parents -- Targeted Groups -- Fathers and Parenting Programmes -- Teenage Mothers and Parenting Programmes -- Poverty and Parenting -- Research Design -- The Parents for Interview

The Interviews -- Summary -- References -- 3 The Importance of Learning and Using Parenting Strategies -- Theory of Good Parenting -- Developing Parenting Skills -- The Importance of Parental Confidence -- The Parenting Programmes in This Research -- Triple-P -- Webster Stratton's The Incredible Years -- PEEP -- What the Parents Say -- What This Tells Us -- References -- 4 The Value of Spending Quality Time with Their Child -- The Impact of Attachment on Parenting -- The Impact of Parenting on Children's Behaviour -- What the Parents Say -- What This Tells Us -- References

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