Modifying Parent-Child Behavior in a Low Income Group.

Autor/inn/en	Theaman, Milton; Gadlin, Walter
Institution	Psychological Service Center, New York, NY.
Titel	Modifying Parent-Child Behavior in a Low Income Group.
Quelle	(1971), (52 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attitude Change; Authoritarianism; Behavior Change; Clinics; Group Discussion; Leadership Training; Low Income; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Counseling; Self Help Programs; Sensitivity Training; Urban Population; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Autoritarismus; Gruppendiskussion; Führungslehre; Niedriglohn; Elternverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Parent counselling; Elternberatung; Self help programmes; Selbsthilfebewegung; Sensitivitätstraining; Stadtbevölkerung
Abstract	The United Parents Association (UPS) developed Self Help Clinics (SHC) in schools in low income areas in New York City. These Clinics consisted of groups of parents meeting regularly to discuss problems centering around their children and the schools. In the course of these discussions, questions of parent-child relationships were frequently raised. The objective was to intervene in the SHCs in a manner that would modify the authoritarian relationship between parent and child, in order to promote more self-reliance, self-motivation and self-control in the children. The Psychological Service Center was asked by the UPA to design and carry out the intervention. Fifty-four parents from seven schools were trained as leaders for the SHCs. Three of these schools were assigned to the control group, the other four to the experimental group. The experimental procedure included a T-Group for SHC leaders at which problems in parent-child relationships were dealt with. All leaders received training in recruitment of parents for the SHCs and in conducting the SHCs. The SHCs met weekly, and were attended by 961 parents, averaging about 14 per session. There were two T-Groups for the experimental group, a pair of schools participating in each. One group met for 54 sessions, the other for 36. Differences between experimental and control groups were assessed through pre and post-project interviews. [Reproduced from best available copy.] (Author/JM)
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