Effectiveness of a Web-Based Intervention on Parental Psychological Flexibility and Emotion Regulation: A Pilot Open Trial

Juan M. Flujas-Contreras, Azucena García-Palacios and Inmaculada Gómez
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Juan M. Flujas-Contreras: Department of Psychology, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Azucena García-Palacios: Department of Psychology, University Jaume I, 12071 Castellon, Spain
Inmaculada Gómez: Department of Psychology, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-18

Abstract: “Parenting Forest” is an informed contextual therapy parenting program for improving parental emotion regulation strategies and psychological flexibility. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of a self-guided web-based intervention of the Parenting Forest program. The intervention program consists of six self-applied sequential modules that use strategies from contextual therapies for providing a parenting style open to experience, mindful and committed to its actions. A pilot controlled open trial was conducted. Eligible parents ( n = 12) enrolled in the web-based intervention completed baseline (T1) and post-intervention (T2) assessment instruments. Parental psychological flexibility, avoidance, emotional regulation, parental stress, satisfaction with life, children’s psychological adjustment and client satisfaction were measured to assess the effects of the intervention. Mood, coping, and value-related actions were assessed as measures of progress. The results showed positive effects on the parents’ psychological flexibility and emotion regulation. Parents’ mood and coping skills improved throughout the intervention program. These results provide preliminary evidence of the web-based Parenting Forest’s efficacy, although further research is needed to assess its effectiveness for prevention and in clinical populations.

Keywords: contextual therapies; eHealth; emotional regulation; parenting; pilot trial; psychological flexibility; web-based intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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