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Trial reportThe journal of primary prevention2016

Web-Based Prevention of Parenting Difficulties in Young, Urban Mothers Enrolled in Post-Secondary Education.

Miriam K Ehrensaft, Heather M Knous-Westfall, Thailyn Lopez Alonso

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The journal of primary prevention, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Online Parenting Programs for Children's Behavioral and Emotional Problems: a Network Meta-Analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
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  7. Technology-Assisted Parenting Interventions for Families Experiencing Social Disadvantage: a Meta-Analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miriam K EhrensaftDepartment of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York), 524 West 59th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY, 10019, USA. mehrensaft@jjay.cuny.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2435-5562
Heather M Knous-WestfallDepartment of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York), 524 West 59th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY, 10019, USA.
Thailyn Lopez AlonsoDepartment of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York), 524 West 59th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY, 10019, USA.
City University of New York · USDuke University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research consistently indicates that young mothers are at elevated risk for adverse social and economic risks. Recent attention has been paid to the value of maternal educational attainment for their children's economic and social outcomes. Pursuit of post-secondary education requires mothers to balance multiple roles, potentially stressing the parent-child relationship. Yet, almost no studies have addressed parenting and associated stress in young mothers enrolled in post-secondary education, and no preventive intervention trials have been conducted. We screened young mothers (<25 years at child's birth) pursuing post-secondary education in an urban, inner city college for study inclusion based on elevated parenting stress, and participated in a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a web-based parenting intervention (Triple P Online) in reducing parenting stress and dysfunctional discipline (N = 52). Mothers were randomly assigned to the web-based parenting program condition or to a waitlist control condition. Mothers who completed at least the first four core modules of the online program had lower scores on the Parenting Scale's subscales (Overreactivity, Verbosity, and Laxness), compared to those who did not complete four or more modules. No intervention effects were obtained for parenting stress. The current study provides preliminary evidence of the efficacy of this online parenting program for reducing risk for dysfunctional discipline in student mothers. Future research is warranted to replicate these findings, and to test whether provision of supplemental support for implementation, or briefer program formats may promote both program compliance and outcomes related to reducing parenting stress.

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InternetParentingAdultChildEducationFemaleHumansMothersParent-Child RelationsStress, PsychologicalYoung AdultBehavioral family interventionParentingPreventionRandomized controlled trialWeb

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PMID27624608
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