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Journal Article Parenting programs have considerable potential to improve the mental health and well-being of children, improve family relationships, and benefit the community at large. However, traditional clinical models of service delivery reach relatively few parents. A public health approach is needed to ensure that more parents benefit and that a societal-level impact is achieved. The Triple P-Positive Parenting Program is a comprehensive, multilevel system of parenting intervention that combines within a single intervention universal and more targeted interventions for high-risk children and their…
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Journal Article AIM: Because very little is known about the parenting of drug-abusing men, this study was designed to document ways that drug abuse contributes to compromise of responsible fathering. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: Generalized linear models and data representing different dimensions of responsible fathering were used to clarify ways that the fathering of 106 men receiving methadone maintenance treatment differed from that of 118 men living in the same community with no history of alcohol or drug abuse. MEASUREMENT: Men who enrolled in the study completed two structured interviews and a…
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Journal Article This article studied the relations of children's mental health problems to the warmth of their relationship with their noncustodial father and custodial mother and the level of conflict between the parents. Using a sample of 182 divorcing families, multiple regression was used to test the independent effect of father warmth, mother warmth, and interparental conflict. Results indicated that father warmth and mother warmth were both independently related to lower child-externalizing problems. However, the relations between mother and child warmth and child-internalizing problems were different…
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Journal Article Background: Fathers with psychosis have often been ignored by the research community. Aims: This project was designed to explore some of the potential issues concerning this group. Method: This study involves a qualitative investigation into the experiences of 10 white fathers who have a diagnosis of psychosis (schizophrenia, schizoaffective or other psychotic-type disorder). The collected data was analysed by means of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results: This study found that psychosis may directly and indirectly undermine the father-child relationship and the work of parenting…
