TY - JOUR
T1 - Positive parenting support during family reunification
AU - Balsells Bailón, M. A.
AU - Mateos Inchaurrondo, A.
AU - Urrea Monclús, A.
AU - Vaquero Tió, E.
PY - 2018/11/2
Y1 - 2018/11/2
N2 - © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article presents the results of a qualitative study that explores parenting skills when a child returns home after a period of foster care in the child protection system. There were a total of 135 participants, including 63 child protection professionals, 42 parents and 30 children and adolescents. The data were analysed using content analysis submitted to peer review. Triangulating the voices of children with the input of parents and professionals rendered it possible to identify needs for the consolidation of family reunification in five dimensions: adjustment of parenting skills, adaptation to the needs of the child, social support, more accurate perception of one’s role, and parental self-efficacy. These findings suggest particular characteristics in the development of both generally applicable skills and skills specific to positive parenting that can improve the chances of a successful reunification process.
AB - © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article presents the results of a qualitative study that explores parenting skills when a child returns home after a period of foster care in the child protection system. There were a total of 135 participants, including 63 child protection professionals, 42 parents and 30 children and adolescents. The data were analysed using content analysis submitted to peer review. Triangulating the voices of children with the input of parents and professionals rendered it possible to identify needs for the consolidation of family reunification in five dimensions: adjustment of parenting skills, adaptation to the needs of the child, social support, more accurate perception of one’s role, and parental self-efficacy. These findings suggest particular characteristics in the development of both generally applicable skills and skills specific to positive parenting that can improve the chances of a successful reunification process.
KW - child protection
KW - family reunification
KW - parental self-efficacy
KW - parenting skills
KW - Positive parenting
KW - social support
U2 - 10.1080/03004430.2018.1491559
DO - 10.1080/03004430.2018.1491559
M3 - Article
SN - 0300-4430
VL - 188
SP - 1566
EP - 1578
JO - Early Child Development and Care
JF - Early Child Development and Care
IS - 11
ER -