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Christina C Ambrosi1,2, Phillip S Kavanagh1,3, Subhadra Evans4
1Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Family Process
|February 17, 2025
Summary
Involving both parents in emotion-focused parenting programs like Tuning in to Kids Together (TIK-Together) improves child adjustment and coparenting. This pilot study shows high parent attendance and positive outcomes for emotion regulation and behavior.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Family Studies
- Intervention Science
Background:
- Parenting programs improve child adjustment, but typically involve only one parent.
- Involving both caregivers may enhance outcomes due to interconnected family systems and mutual support.
- Tuning in to Kids Together (TIK-Together) was developed to engage both parents and improve coparenting.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the feasibility and pilot test the TIK-Together program in a real-world setting.
- To assess program adherence, measure reliability, and evaluate program outcomes.
- To investigate the impact of a coparenting-inclusive intervention on family dynamics and child adjustment.
Main Methods:
- TIK-Together was delivered to 57 participants (27 mother-father dyads, 1 triad) by community services in Australia.
- Facilitators used attendance sheets and fidelity checklists; parents completed online questionnaires pre-, post-, and at 6-month follow-up.
- Measures assessed coparenting, dyadic coping, emotion coaching, emotion dismissing, parent emotion dysregulation, child emotion regulation, and child behavior.
Main Results:
- Parent attendance and delivered content proportion were high, despite varied adherence across services.
- Measures for coparent outcomes showed good to excellent internal consistency.
- Parents reported increased supportive coparenting, dyadic coping, and emotion coaching, with reduced undermining coparenting and emotion dismissing. Parents also showed less emotion dysregulation.
- Mothers and fathers reported improvements in child emotion regulation and decreased behavioral difficulties.
Conclusions:
- The TIK-Together program is feasible and demonstrates positive outcomes in a real-world context.
- Integrating coparenting content into parenting interventions shows promise for enhancing family functioning.
- Findings support TIK-Together's effectiveness and warrant further research into dual-caregiver parenting interventions.
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