Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 May 2011
Lindsay Adelman, Weymouth , Tasha R., Howe
The Parents Raising Safe Kids Program (PRSK) is a research-based manualized violence prevention curriculum designed to decrease coercive parenting behavior, encourage positive discipline, increase media violence literacy, and increase child development knowledge. This study is a multi-site pre-post comparison evaluation of PRSK’s effectiveness with diverse parents, including those who are incarcerated, in drug treatment and both English and Spanish speaking. Results indicate that PRSK was successful at improving media violence literacy, positive parenting behavior, child development knowledge, anger management, and prosocial problem solving. Additionally, PRSK was especially efficacious for Spanish speaking participants, who improved more than English speakers. Due to…
Highlights: ► PRSK is a violence prevention program aimed at caregivers of young children. ► Largest study of PRSK to date, including Spanish speaking participants. ► PRSK is a successful program at increasing positive parenting, child development, and anger management knowledge, especially for Spanish speaking caregivers.