The Impact Of Parent Effectiveness Training On Parent Attitudes And Children\u27S Behavior.

This study was designed to assess the impact of Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) on a rural-suburban population, The population under study was chosen from the unincorporated towns of Oakley and Knightsen, California, located 70 miles northeast of San Francisco, in the San Joaquin Valley . Sixty parents were chosen randomly from the parent rosters of Oakley and Knightsen Elementary Schools. They were randomly assigned to one of three groups, two being experimental and one control. The instruments used to assess the training were the Parent Attitude Survey Scale (PASS); the Dogmatism Scale (D-Scale); the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale (DESBR-Scale) and the Children\u27s Report of Parent Behavior Inventory (CRPBI). The data from the PASS and D-Scale were gathered pre-treatment, post-treatment and at two months delayed post-treatment intervals. The data using teacher assessments on the DESBR Scale were gathered at the beginning and end of the study. The data gathered on the children of PET families on the CRPBI were done at the beginning and end of the study. The PET training was administered by the author, a licensed PET instructor over an eight week period . The classes were conducted on the standardized PET instructional model, using Gordon\u27s text and workbook