The study examined the effects of the Empowering Parents Program on decreasing mother's parenting stress. As a group counseling program for decreasing parenting stress which is one of the most negative influencing variables to become a effective paren...
The study examined the effects of the Empowering Parents Program on decreasing mother's parenting stress. As a group counseling program for decreasing parenting stress which is one of the most negative influencing variables to become a effective parent, the program included 2 elements such as promoting self-esteem of mothers and enhancing parenting skills.
Subjects were mothers of 5 first grade children(2 girl and 3 boys) who had adjustment problems in the elementary school. Every 16 sessions for 4 months implemented by 2 leaders for one and half hours in combination of group counseling, lectures, discussions and themes activities.
The program effects were analyzed by anecdotal records for 16 sessions and the pre-and post-questionnaires for parenting stress. The results showed that it was effective program for decreasing mothers' parenting stress both in quantitative and qualitative data. But one mother was nearly not changed in parenting stress. The results were discussed.