The KITS intervention significantly reduces ineffective parenting (inconsistency and laxness in discipline) across the summer before school entry (d = .21)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q3 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i1 Parents randomized to KITS showed lower ineffective parenting just before kindergarten entry than services-as-usual parents, d = .21. → Pears 2015

Evidence¶

Pears 2015¶

Pears, K. C., Kim, H. K., Healey, C. V., Yoerger, K., & Fisher, P. A. (2015). Improving child self-regulation and parenting in families of pre-kindergarten children with developmental disabilities and behavioral difficulties. Prevention Science, 16, 222-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0482-2

q3 · i1 · causal · r3

SEM analysis of the randomized trial at Time 2 (end of the summer school readiness phase), with ineffective parenting measured by parent-report scales of poor discipline implementation and laxness. The computed effect size "yielded a d of .21, denoting a decline in ineffective parenting for the treatment group."

"As predicted, there was a significant effect of the KITS intervention on T2 ineffective parenting; the intervention was associated with lower levels of ineffective parenting."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Ineffective parenting is negatively associated with later parental involvement in school in families of children with developmental disabilities and behavioral difficulties — related
• The KITS intervention improves parental involvement in kindergarten indirectly by reducing ineffective parenting before school entry — related
• The KITS intervention shows no statistically significant effect on children's self-regulation immediately before kindergarten entry — related