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Research Article

Emotionally focused therapy group intervention for parents of primary school students with parenting stress: an evaluation study in Hong Kong

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Pages 64-81 | Received 21 Oct 2021, Accepted 13 Jun 2022, Published online: 05 Jul 2022
 

ABSTRACT

The ‘Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go’ relationship education and enhancement programme for families with teens was indigenised to help parents with preteens to lower their parenting pressure and to enhance parent–child communication. The evaluation of the intervention adopted a mixed method approach. 45 parents and 64 children were invited to fill out pre-test (T0), post-test (T1), and 2-month follow-up (T2) questionnaire. A total of 16 parent participants were involved in two focus groups. The findings indicated that participants’ parenting stress was lowered after the group intervention, and improvement in family relationships was observed in the aspects of communication, mutuality, and parental control. Children respondents were aware of the positive change in parents in terms of communication and statistically significant differences were found in the pre-test and 2-month follow-up. Parent participants highlighted that the prerequisites to become an accessible, responsive, and emotionally engaging parent was self-care and self-regulation.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the St. James’ Settlement.

Notes on contributors

Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung

Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung, DSW, is Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Grace Suk-Man Leung

Grace Suk-Man Leung, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Practice (2019-2021), Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Yick-Man Lam

Yick-Man Lam, is Senior Manager, Youth Services, St. James’ Settlement, Hong Kong.

Josephine Wing-Tung Chan

Josephine Wing-Tung Chan, is Research Assistant, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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