TY - JOUR
T1 - Culture-Specific Resilience Intervention for Stressed Chinese Parents of Preschoolers
T2 - Quasi-Experimental Controlled Trial
AU - Cheung, Yves Cho Ho
AU - Wong, Daniel Fu Keung
AU - Zhuang, Xiaoyu
AU - Dai, Xiaolu
AU - Ng, Fong Wing
N1 - The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Dr Pauline Chan Charitable Foundation
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PY - 2024/9/27
Y1 - 2024/9/27
N2 - Purpose: Resilience-based interventions have been found to prevent deleterious stress reactions in parent–child dyads. Existing conceptual models and interventions developed mainly in Western cultures; both theoretical and practical cultural adaptations are scarce. This study developed a culture-specific, resilience-based intervention for highly stressed Chinese parents and examined the effects of culture on intervention outcomes.Method: Ninety-one Chinese parents from Hong Kong with elevated stress levels were allocated to either the intervention or treatment-as-usual (TAU) conditions. Data were collected during preintervention, postintervention, and 3-month follow-up.Results: The intervention group significantly outperformed the TAU group in enhancing parental self-kindness and reducing children's total pathological symptoms. Both groups showed reduced parental stress and anxiety, reduced children's internalizing symptoms, and improved emotional flexibility. Furthermore, those living with grandparents resulted in a greater reduction in parental stress, children's internalizing symptoms, and total pathological symptoms.Discussion: Cultural influences can engender unique risks and resources, leading to culture-specific interventions.
AB - Purpose: Resilience-based interventions have been found to prevent deleterious stress reactions in parent–child dyads. Existing conceptual models and interventions developed mainly in Western cultures; both theoretical and practical cultural adaptations are scarce. This study developed a culture-specific, resilience-based intervention for highly stressed Chinese parents and examined the effects of culture on intervention outcomes.Method: Ninety-one Chinese parents from Hong Kong with elevated stress levels were allocated to either the intervention or treatment-as-usual (TAU) conditions. Data were collected during preintervention, postintervention, and 3-month follow-up.Results: The intervention group significantly outperformed the TAU group in enhancing parental self-kindness and reducing children's total pathological symptoms. Both groups showed reduced parental stress and anxiety, reduced children's internalizing symptoms, and improved emotional flexibility. Furthermore, those living with grandparents resulted in a greater reduction in parental stress, children's internalizing symptoms, and total pathological symptoms.Discussion: Cultural influences can engender unique risks and resources, leading to culture-specific interventions.
KW - children's mental health
KW - externalizing symptoms
KW - internalizing symptoms
KW - parental stress
KW - parenting
KW - resilience
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10497315241281319
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205564500&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10497315241281319
DO - 10.1177/10497315241281319
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85205564500
SN - 1049-7315
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
ER -
