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A pilot Web based positive parenting intervention to help bipolar parents to improve perceived parenting skills and

Steven Jones1, Rachel Calam2, Matthew Sanders3

  • 1Lancaster University, UK.

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
|April 3, 2013
PubMed

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A pilot study suggests web-based positive parenting programs can help parents with bipolar disorder improve their children's behavior and their own parenting skills. Further research is recommended.

Area of Science:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Digital Health Interventions

Background:

  • Children of parents with bipolar disorder face increased risks for psychiatric disorders.
  • Optimizing parenting skills in bipolar parents may enhance child mental health.
  • While behavioral parenting programs show benefits, web-based interventions for bipolar parents are unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To pilot a web-based parenting intervention for bipolar parents, adapted from the Triple P-Positive Parenting Programme.
  • To assess the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a digital parenting support tool.

Main Methods:

  • A pilot randomized controlled trial involving 39 self-diagnosed bipolar parents.
  • Intervention group received a 10-week web-based parenting program; control group was waitlisted.
  • Parent-reported child behavior problems and parenting efficacy were assessed at baseline and 10 weeks.

Main Results:

  • Parents in the intervention group reported significant improvements in child behavior problems (internalizing and externalizing).
  • The intervention group also showed improvements in perceived parenting efficacy compared to the control group.
  • Baseline child behavior problems and parenting efficacy were consistent with clinical populations.

Conclusions:

  • A web-based positive parenting intervention shows promise for supporting bipolar parents and their children.
  • Preliminary findings suggest potential benefits for child behavior and parental self-efficacy.
  • A larger, definitive study is warranted to confirm these initial results and address limitations.
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