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Impact of nonviolent communication parenting group on modifying parenting styles
Date Issued
2025
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Journal
ISSN
1049-7315
1552-7581
Citation
Research on Social Work Practice, 2025.
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
Purpose
This study is to investigate the effectiveness of a group-based nonviolent communication parenting group with parents in Hong Kong. Changes in parenting style were examined.
Method:
It is a pretest–posttest controlled quasi-experimental design. A two-by-two mixed-model ANOVA was used to investigate changes. Participants of both the intervention and control groups were recruited from primary schools and a community service center. The intervention and control groups were assessed using the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ-Short) both before and after the intervention.
Results:
The PSDQ score indicated a significant intervention effect and changes in certain parenting styles.
Discussion
The study achieves its overall objectives and demonstrates that NVC training can reduce permissive parenting styles but appears to have a limited impact on authoritative and authoritarian style within this sample.
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