A Preliminary Evaluation of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program in Relation to Children's Language and Parenting Stress

Autor/inn/en	Terrett, Gill; White, Roxanne; Spreckley, Michele
Titel	A Preliminary Evaluation of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program in Relation to Children's Language and Parenting Stress
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 11 (2013) 1, S.16-26 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X12456000
Schlagwörter	Language Acquisition; Stress Variables; Child Rearing; Crisis Intervention; Toddlers; Young Children; Infants; Comparative Analysis; Receptive Language; Expressive Language; Program Effectiveness; Pretests Posttests; Language Skills; Early Intervention; Parent Child Relationship; Preschool Education; Foreign Countries; Australia; Parenting Stress Index; Preschool Language Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Kindererziehung; Krisenintervention; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Toddlers; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to assess changes in children's language skills and parenting stress following participation in the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program (PCMGP). The intervention group consisted of 29 parents (age range 24 to 43 years, "M" = 33.5, SD = 4.1) and 30 children (18 females and 12 males) with ages ranging from 1 to 46 months ("M" = 14.2, SD = 13.0), who were participating in the PCMGP. The comparison group consisted of 22 parents (age range 28 to 43 years, "M" = 34.5, SD = 3.7) and 25 children (14 females and 11 males) with ages ranging from 5 to 37 months ("M" = 18.2, SD = 10.7), who were participating in community playgroups. Children's scores on receptive and expressive language using the Preschool Language Scale-3, and parenting stress scores using three subscales of the Parenting Stress Index were obtained at the beginning of the research (pre-test) and again 15 weeks later (post-test). Results revealed that the PCMGP children showed greater improvement in language skills, especially their expressive communication skills. The parents participating in the PCMGP also reported a more positive impact on their perceptions of their child's demandingness compared to the comparison playgroup parents. This study highlights the potential effectiveness of the PCMGP as an early intervention program in relation to aspects of both receptive and expressive language and parental stress, and adds to the limited existing literature evaluating this program. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10