التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Extending A Letter-Writing Intervention Developed for Incarcerated Mothers to Incarcerated Fathers: A Mixed Methods Study. |
| المؤلفون: |
Stauss, Kimberly, Sparks, Leigh, Gallagher, John M. |
| المصدر: |
Corrections (2377-4657); 2023, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p166-186, 21p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
FATHERS, PARENT attitudes, PSYCHOLOGICAL stress, MOTHERS, CAREGIVERS, COMMUNICATION barriers, FOCUS groups |
| مستخلص: |
The number of U.S. prisoners with minor children has increased dramatically in recent decades. Although the quality of inmate-child communication is positively associated with individual and familial outcomes, innovative programming for incarcerated parents is limited. This mixed methods study explored the initial delivery to incarcerated fathers of a letter-writing intervention developed for and previously used with incarcerated mothers. Pre- to post-intervention measures of parental stress, communication, and relationships with caregivers were tested with the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test. Focus groups were conducted post-intervention to explore perceptions of parental challenges and the intervention. Participants experienced significant improvements in communication and caregiver relations, but not in parental stress. Themes from qualitative analysis highlighted important barriers to communication, positive attributes of the intervention—including structured prompts, outside facilitators and peer support—and improved emotional responses and parental identity among participants. The discussion explores ways to build on this successful delivery to incarcerated fathers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |