violence and maltreatment prevention against children
Conditions
Interventions
Both groups (intervention and waiting list control) will participate in the ACT Raising Safe Kids Program, developed by the American Psychological Association. The ACT program is an universal interve
2)young children’s exposure to violence
3) understanding and controlling parents’ anger
4) understanding and helping angry children
5)children and electronic Media
8) take ACT to your home and community. The intervention group will participate on three assessments (before and after the program and three months after the program ends), lasting a maximum of one ho
8 week waiting period
2nd evaluation
intervention
and 3rd assessment (post- intervention).
Other
Sponsors
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - USP
Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Mothers of children at 3 to 8 years of age, belonging to families living in Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil. The inclusion criteria are the following: biological mothers, adoptive mothers or caregivers with custody of the child carrying the maternal function (e.g., grandparents with custody of the child); residents in Ribeirão Preto.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: mothers of children with mental illness or disabling physical illness; mothers with apparent cognitive impairment, leading to the loss in understanding instructions; and mothers who are participating in some other kind of guidance on parenting practices.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| increase parenting practices scores of mothers participants in the intervention program. To evaluate the parenting practices will be used the ACT Evaluation Questionnaire including the parental style, electronic media and parental behavior scales (Silva, 2009). For realization of the expected outcomes will be considered statistically significant increase in ACT questionnaire scores from pre- to post-intervention, in the intervention group compared with the waiting list control group, indicating an improvement of parenting practices in the intervention group . | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| increase in child behavior scores of sons of mothers participants in the intervention program. To evaluate the child behavior will be used the the SDQ questionnaire (Goodman , 2005).For realization of the expected outcomes will be considered statistically significant decrease in SDQ scores, from pre- to post intervention, in the intervention group compared with the waiting list control group, indicating decrease in child behavior problems in the intervention group. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactElisa Rachel ;Maria Beatriz Altafim ;Linhares
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - USP ;Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - USP
Outcome results
None listed