The Application of Life Skills on Parenting Stress and Family Function in Parents of Middle-School Students

• Main Authors: Tzu-Jiun Lin, 林姿君
• Other Authors: Chiu-Mieh Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47856499677003426746

碩士 === 國立陽明大學 === 臨床護理研究所 === 95 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the application of Life Skills Program on decrease parenting stress and the promotion of family function for middle-schooler’s parent. This study was a quasi-experimental study that measured pre- and post-intervention parameters in two groups: Experimental group and control group. Purposive sampling method was adopted to recruit 113 parents of four junior high schools. Four structural instruments were used for data collections: Personal Information Scale, Parenting Stress Index/Short Form, Family Function Scale, and Intervention Evaluation Scale. The experimental group participated a period of 4-6 weeks Life Skills Program intervention that consisted of 100 minutes once a week. The data was analyzed through SPSS Windows 13.0 statistical software, including Chi-Square test, Independent t-test, Paired t-test, and ANCOVA. Reflection interview was used to collect the evaluations of Life Skills Program intervention from experimental group. The results indicated that after controlling pretest score, analyzed with ANCOVA, the experimental group’s parenting stress of total score, the three subscale scores and the family function of each subscale scores had no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group. However, the total score, parenting distress subscale score, the parent-child dysfunctional interaction subscale score of parenting stress and the conflict subscale score, the communication subscale score of family function had significant improvement from pre to post intervention in the experimental group. Nearly all cases in experimental group thought life skills were very helpful to themselves. About 90% of cases, participant tried to interact with child through life skills; and about 80% of cases, participant thought parent-child relationship had improved by this intervention. This study offered school nurses suggestions about managing parental stress and family function for parent of middle-school students. Based on this study, researchers might intervene with parent-child method and investigate the further effectiveness.