Parenting youth at risk : development of a parent-focused dating violence prevention program
Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Provider resources for handling adolescent dating violence (ADV) are limited and providers often refer adolescents to a parent. However, studies have shown that parents tend to have minimal and/or inaccurate knowledge of ADV, especially with regard to their own child. Relatedly, a large percentage of parents report responding to their child's dating behavior in harmful or ineffective ways. This suggests that parents need guidance on how to effectively parent around issues of dating and ADV. Parent-based, secondary prevention programming has proven effective in reducing other adolescent risk behaviors; however, no such evidence-based programs exist for ADV. A needs assessment with parents of teens who have a history of ADV, as well as with the affected teen, was conducted for this study. The study included two phases. Phase Ia focused on understanding parent and teen perspectives regarding their current attitudes, parenting practices, help-seeking patterns, available resources, and gaps in knowledge and competency related to ADV identification and intervention. Phase Ib focused on identifying the interest, acceptability and feasibility of a proposed parent-based, secondary prevention program for ADV and to identify the preferences and acceptability of potential program content and structure. Data synthesized from both phases was used to create a preliminary outline of a parent-based, secondary prevention program for ADV. Future directions include development and assessment of the proposed secondary prevention program.--Author's abstract
DOI: 10.17760/d20382009
Author: Doucette, Hannah
Institution: Northeastern University
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W3116451623