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Effectiveness of occupational performance coaching in improving children's and mothers' performance and mothers'
Fiona Graham1, Sylvia Rodger, Jenny Ziviani
1Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch 8140 New Zealand. fi.graham@otago.ac.nz
Objective:
This study examined the effectiveness of occupational performance coaching in improving children's and mothers' occupational performance and mothers' parenting self-competence.
Method:
A one-group time-series design was used to evaluate changes in children's (n = 29) and mothers' (n = 8) occupational performance at four time points: (1) pre-wait list, (2) preintervention, (3) postintervention, and (4) follow-up.
Results:
Significant improvements in occupational performance occurred postintervention for children, F(1, 78) = 153.72, p < .001, η² = .86, and mothers, F(1, 78) = 153.72, p < .001, η² = .86, that were maintained 6 wk after intervention. Mothers' self-competence in parenting also improved, F(1, 72) = 17.36, p < .001, η² = .42.
Conclusion:
Findings provide preliminary evidence supporting the effectiveness of occupational performance coaching in improving children's and mothers' occupational performance and mothers' parenting self-competence. Improvements were sustained and appeared to generalize to other areas of performance.
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