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Influences of Family-Systems Intervention Practices on Parent-Child Interactions and Child Development
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education (2010)
  • Carol M. Trivette, Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute
  • Carl J. Dunst, Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute
  • Deborah W. Hamby, Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute
Abstract
The extent to which the influences of family-systems intervention practices could be traced to variations in parent–child interactions and child development was investigated by meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM). MASEM is a procedure for producing a weighted pooled correlation matrix and fitting a structural equation model to the patterns of relationships in the data. The main practices constituting the focus of analysis were capacity-building help-giving practices, social supports and resources, family needs (concerns and priorities), and family strengths. Eight studies were included in the meta-analysis. The participants were 910 infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with and without developmental delays or disabilities and their parents or other primary caregivers involved in different kinds of help-giving programs. Results showed that capacity-building help-giving and family-systems intervention practices had direct effects on both parent self-efficacy beliefs and well-being and indirect effects on parent–child interactions and child development mediated by self-efficacy beliefs and parent well-being. Implications for practice and further research are discussed.
Keywords
  • family-systems intervention,
  • parent-child interaction,
  • child development,
  • meta-analysis,
  • structural equation modeling
Publication Date
May 1, 2010
DOI
10.1177/0271121410364250
Citation Information
Carol M. Trivette, Carl J. Dunst and Deborah W. Hamby. "Influences of Family-Systems Intervention Practices on Parent-Child Interactions and Child Development" Topics in Early Childhood Special Education Vol. 30 Iss. 1 (2010) p. 3 - 19 ISSN: 1538-4845
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carol-trivette/17/