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  • Parenting Interventions
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Family Studies

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  • Positive parenting programs enhance parental attitudes, knowledge, behaviors, and parent-child bonding.
  • Traditionally, these programs use a closed group format.
  • An open group format is sometimes used for immediate individual or community needs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the effectiveness of closed versus open group formats for positive parenting programs.
  • To evaluate parental outcomes in both group formats.

Main Methods:

  • A comparative study was conducted between January 2009 and December 2012.
  • Participants were recruited similarly for both closed and open group formats.
  • Statistical analyses, including Chi-Square and mixed MANOVA on AAPI-2 scales, were used to assess demographic differences and group effectiveness.

Main Results:

  • Both closed and open group formats yielded significant parental outcome improvements.
  • Despite open groups serving higher-risk families, all participants showed comparable statistically significant improvements.
  • Program format did not affect the overall positive impact on parental outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Adapting positive parenting programs to an open group format is effective when needed.
  • Program flexibility can successfully meet diverse community and individual requirements.
  • Findings support the adaptation of group formats to address urgent needs without compromising intervention effectiveness.