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ERIC Number: ED490455
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005-May
Pages: 102
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Evaluation of a Faith-Based Socioemotional Support Program for Parents of African American Youth with Antisocial Behaviors
Francis-Williams, Nicole
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Due to many of the stresses and societal challenges that African American parents face, parents who have children with antisocial behaviors need guidance and support to assist them with their children in the areas of parenting, academics, and social support. This study proposed a program that focuses on the parents and caregivers as vital persons in the prevention, intervention, rehabilitation, and therapeutic solution for these children. Strategies include an umbrella of faith-based Christian principles. The setting was a Christian church located in an urban community within a large city on the east coast of the United States. The Students Achieve When Families Have Faith, Inspiration, Resources, and Education Program was an 8-week program providing parents with training in the areas of child development instruction, communications skills training, social skills, and spiritual support. The sample population included 11 African American parents between the ages of 22-55. Additionally, 93% of the participants were single parents, 5% were married with 2-parent families, and 2% of the participants were grandparents. Parent assessments were in the areas of parenting-related stress, self-esteem, and perceived social support using the Parenting Stress Index, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE), and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), respectively. Anecdotal data were collected through focus group discussions, Parent Cooperative group discussions, and informal interviews. Quantitative data reflected that overall parent levels of self-esteem slightly increased but remained moderately high, based on the RSE from pretest to posttest with a t-score of -1.747. Parenting-related stress increased insignificantly from the pretest to the posttest with a t-score of 0.338. Finally, perceived social support increased insignificantly based on the MSPSS from the pretest to the posttest with a t-score of 0.199. The anecdotal data revealed more impressive positive relationships between the treatment and the outcomes with consistent increases in self-esteem and perceived social support and a decrease in parent-related stress. Overall, the program was successful and the applied dissertation effectively met more than half of the expected outcomes. Faith-based organizations should review the findings of this applied dissertation to develop more programs that incorporate instructional training with faith-based principles to address the needs of parents first. Appended are: (1) Overview of the SAFFIRE Program: Instructional and Faith-Based Program Components; (2) Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Letter of Intent; and (3) Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. (Contains 2 tables.) [Ed.D. Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University.]
Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Parenting Stress Index
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