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Filial Therapy With Incarcerated Fathers: Effects on Parental Acceptance of Child, Parental Stress, and Child Adjustment
Author(s) -
Landreth Garry L.,
Lobaugh Alan F.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1998.tb02388.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , test (biology) , paleontology , biology
The rationale for filial therapy is explored and the effectiveness of a 10‐week filial therapy parent training group for incarcerated parents is described. Results of the analysis of covariance revealed that incarcerated fathers in the experimental group scored significantly higher after training than incarcerated fathers in the control group on both their attitude of acceptance and their empathic behavior toward their children. They also scored significantly lower than the control group fathers on level of stress related to parenting and identified child problem behaviors. In addition , t‐ test results showed that the self‐concepts of the children of fathers in the experimental group increased significantly as a result of interactions with their fathers in structured filial play sessions .