The efficiency of the selected triple P program for Turkish parents

Burcu Arkan

Abstract

To examine the effects of Triple P applied on the parents of the children who are 3-12 ages on the attitudes and the mentalhealth of the parents and on child behaviour. The research wasconducted in an quasi-experimental manner. The study sampleconsisted of 91 parents who agreed to participate in the study.Data were collected using the Family Background Questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Parenting Scale and ParentSatisfaction Questionnaire. Selected Triple P Programme wasimplemented with the all parents for 3 weeks (3 seminars). Datawere collected immediately after the programme. Data wereevaluated by using multidirectional variance analysis, t- test andchi-square test. It has been shown that the Selected Triple Papplied to the parents of the children positively affects themental health of the parents, their parental attitudes and theproblematic behaviour of the children.