Burcu Arkan
Uludag University School of Health, Turkey
Title: The Impact of Positive Parenting Programs (Triple P) on Family Mental Health with Turkish Parents
Biography
Biography: Burcu Arkan
Abstract
Triple P- Positive Parenting Programme features strong collaboration between family and community, decreases risk factors, increases preventive factors, with a multidisciplinary approach and has compiled a strong eveidence base where randomised controlled research models were used and long time follow-up outcomes gathered. Triple P- Positive Parenting Programme was developed at the University of Queensland Parenting and Family Support Center started in 1979 and is now actively implemented in 25 countries. Triple P is a multi-level family intervention programme developed for the parents of children and adolescents that have or are at risk for behavioral problems. The programme is particularly helpful for the parents of children who have persistent, rebellious, defiant, aggressive and in general, distressing behavior. In randomised controlled trials, strong evidence was reported regarding the efficiency of various Triple P preventive and clinical interventions. Evidence across a range of different levels of the intervention indicates a decrease in problematic behavior of the parents’ children, and dysfunctional parenting practice of parents (neglect, talking too much, overreacting), an increase in positive parenting practice of the parents, feeling satisfied as a parent, an increase in the level of efficient parenting and parents’ overall trust, attachment and interest levels, and a decrease in the levels of stress and depression of parents.