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Carolina Gonzalez1,2, Alina Morawska3, Divna M Haslam3,4
1Parenting and Family Support Centre, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. c.gonzalez@uq.edu.au.
Abstract:
Parents are the targeted consumers of parenting interventions but a small body of research has examined parental preferences for program characteristics to incorporate them in the adaptation and implementation of such programs. Furthermore, the relationship between parents' preferences for program characteristics and their cognitions and behaviours has not yet been explored. This study aimed to identify profiles of parental preferences for delivery formats and program features of parenting interventions. Data from 6949 participants from the International Parenting Survey was analysed. Two-step cluster analyses were conducted to determine clusters of delivery formats and program features of parenting interventions. Preferences for delivery formats showed two clusters, a face-to-face cluster and a media-based cluster. In terms of program features, two clusters were also obtained, a personalised cluster and logistic cluster. While these clusters differed in some demographics, parents' report of child emotional and behavioural problems and parent factors were the key differentiating variables.
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