Evaluating a Parent Training Program: Scale Analysis and the Effects of Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) on Child and Parent Behavior

Evaluating a Parent Training Program: Scale Analysis and the Effects of Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) on Child and Parent Behavior

by Anne E. Damrad

95 pages· 2006· ISBN 9780542792267
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Two studies examined archival pretest and posttest data collected from 490 parents who participated in a 7-week Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP; Dinkmeyer & McKay, 1976) program in a large, suburban, public school district in Rhode Island between 1994 and 1999. The first study cross-validated the underlying structure of selected subscales from the Behavior Rating Profile, Second Edition (BRP-2; Brown & Hammill, 1990) and STEP Parenting Assessment Technique (SPAT; Dinkmeyer, 1981). Principal components analyses revealed two components (Externalizing Behavior and Internalizing Behavior) with good to very good coefficient alphas on a revised version of the BRP Parent Rating Scale, and one component (Negative Parenting Behavior) with a comparatively weaker coefficient alpha on the SPAT Parenting Behavior Scale. Thus, only the BRP Parent Rating Scale Revised showed internal consistency reliability with this sample of parents. Test-retest stability was examined for 230 parents who completed both the pretest and posttest measures. All Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients calculated at each of three STEP levels (early childhood, elementary, and teen) were statistically significant (p

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