Improving Child Peer Adjustment in Military Families through Parent Training: The Mediational Role of Parental Locus of Control

Autor/inn/en	Piehler, Timothy F.; Ausherbauer, Kadie; Gewirtz, Abigail; Gliske, Kate
Titel	Improving Child Peer Adjustment in Military Families through Parent Training: The Mediational Role of Parental Locus of Control
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 38 (2018) 9, S.1322-1343 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431616678990
Schlagwörter	Military Personnel; Peer Relationship; Locus of Control; Parent Role; Mothers; Fathers; Parent Education; Adjustment (to Environment); Program Effectiveness; Child Behavior; Rating Scales; Parenting Skills; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Behavior Assessment System for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer-Beziehungen; Parental role; Elternrolle; Mother; Mutter; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Rating-Skala
Abstract	The present study investigated the mechanisms through which a parenting intervention for military families fosters positive peer adjustment in children. A sample of 336 families with a history of parental deployment enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of the After Deployment Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) preventive intervention. ADAPT is a 14-week preventive intervention designed to strengthen parenting in military families. The intervention was associated with improvements in mother's and father's parental locus of control (i.e., a more internal locus of control) at a 6-month follow-up assessment while controlling for baseline levels. Mothers' parental locus of control was positively associated with improvements in children's peer adjustment 12 months following the intervention while controlling for baseline peer adjustment. A significant indirect effect revealed that participation in ADAPT resulted in improved 12-month peer adjustment by improving mothers' parental locus of control. Implications for supporting youth resilience to stressors associated with deployment are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01