Articles

The influence of a parenting course on the quality of parent-child interaction

Authors

  • Nicole M.C. van As University of Nijmegen
  • Jan M.A.M. Janssens University of Nijmegen

Abstract

Two groups of 13 and 14 families respectively, each family with a child suffering from externalizing behavior problems, were compared on parental intrusiveness, quality of explanation, positive communication and negative communication, after the parents of the first group had attended a parenting course intended to improve parent-child interaction and problem solving. The children were 10 to 14 years old. The data was collected by means of observation. The results revealed no signficant differences with respect to the parents’ communication toward their children between the experimental parent group and the control group.

Author Biographies

Nicole M.C. van As, University of Nijmegen

Nicole M.C. van As is researcher at the Institute of Family Studies, University of Nijmegen.

Jan M.A.M. Janssens, University of Nijmegen

Jan M.A.M. Janssens is professor at the Institute of Family Studies, University of Nijmegen.

Published

1998-03-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (1998)

Section

Articles