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Chen R Saar1, Or Brandes2, Amit Baumel2
1Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Abba Khoushy Ave 199, Haifa, 3498838, Israel. csaar@campus.haifa.ac.il.
Child Psychiatry and Human Development
|December 14, 2024
Summary
Digital parent training programs (DPTs) effectively treat child behavior issues. Enhanced DPTs with features like reminders and feedback are more persuasive for parents seeking positive home changes.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Behavioral Science
- Digital Health Interventions
Background:
- Digital parent training programs (DPTs) show efficacy for child behavior problems.
- Understanding the specific helpful components within DPTs is crucial for optimizing their use.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify the beneficial components of self-guided DPTs from parents' perspectives.
- To compare user-identified helpful features between standard (DPT-STD) and enhanced (DPT-TP) programs.
Main Methods:
- Thematic analysis of interviews with DPT users (n=16).
- Analysis of open-ended responses from a larger user sample (n=65).
- Comparison of user feedback between DPT-STD and DPT-TP groups within a randomized controlled trial.
Main Results:
- Users found "content", "content presentation", "accessibility", and "therapeutic context" beneficial in both DPT types.
- Only DPT-TP users reported "therapeutic persuasiveness" as helpful.
- Features like call-to-action reminders and assessment-based feedback in DPT-TP were linked to therapeutic persuasiveness.
Conclusions:
- Standard and enhanced DPTs offer valuable core components for parents.
- Specific features in enhanced DPTs, such as persuasive elements, may increase user engagement and effectiveness.
- Designing DPTs with features that actively support parental behavior change is important for improving child behavior outcomes.
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