The Effects of the Nobody's Perfect Program on Parenting Resourcefulness and Competency

Authors: Chislett, Gail; Kennett, Deborah

Source: Journal of Child and Family Studies, Volume 16, Number 4, August 2007 , pp. 473-482(10)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

We conducted an evaluation of Nobody's Perfect Program involving 71 participants from Peterborough County, Canada. Prior to the program, parents completed demographic information, along with self-report measures assessing the types of interactions with their children, parent resourcefulness, knowledge and use of resources, parent competency and self-efficacy, which were completed again after the program and at a two month follow-up testing. In comparison to parents not earning certificates, parents earning certificates were younger and more likely to have completed previous parenting programs. As well, parents earning certificates demonstrated and maintained an increase in parenting resourcefulness, warm/positive parent-child interactions, sense of parenting competency and satisfaction, and use of community resources. The more sessions parents attended, the better their parenting resourcefulness and warm/positive parent-child interactions on completion and at follow-up, and the less their angry and punitive parenting at follow-up. Parents who had attended parenting programs before had higher parenting resourcefulness scores at entry. They left the program with increased levels of parenting resourcefulness, better parent-child interactions, and more effective child management skills. A number of recommendations are suggested to help facilitators of the program enhance service delivery and improve parental outcomes.

Keywords: Nobody's Perfect program; Parent self-efficacy; Parent resourcefulness; Child neglect; Child outcomes

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-006-9098-x

Affiliations: 1: Email: dkennett@trentu.ca

Publication date: 2007-08-01

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