Evaluating the Effects of Child Savings Accounts Program Participation on Parental Well-Being

Autor/in	Okech, David
Titel	Evaluating the Effects of Child Savings Accounts Program Participation on Parental Well-Being
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 22 (2012) 4, S.357-366 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731512440185
Schlagwörter	Children; Money Management; Banking; Family Income; Well Being; Child Rearing; Anxiety; Parent Attitudes; Financial Problems; Structural Equation Models; Parent Participation; Paying for College + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Bankgeschäft; Familieneinkommen; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kindererziehung; Angst; Elternverhalten; Elternmitwirkung; Studienfinanzierung
Abstract	Objectives: Using baseline and second wave data, the study evaluated the impact of child savings accounts participation on parenting stress, personal mastery, and economic strain with N = 381 lower income parents who decided to join and those who did not join in a child development savings account program. Methods: Structural equation modeling for multiple group and time models was performed. Results: The degree of parenting stress at the first measurement occasion (M = 2.02, standard deviation [SD] = 0.34) was significantly different, [Delta][chi][superscript 2](2, n = 381) = 28.30, p less than 0.001, (at the 0.017 level; Bonferroni correction) from the second measurement occasion (M = 1.93, SD = 0.34); however, the effect size was in the small-to-medium range (d = 0.25). Conclusions: Participation in such programs does not negatively affect the well-being of parents. Implications are directed toward practice, policy, and research. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10