The Effectiveness of Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA) parenting on meta-Parenting parental competence, social adjustment and emotional regulation of children aged 7-12 years

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Shirin Porabdolahi ¹ , Mansoureh Bahramipour ²

1 - M.A. Department of Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - 2. Associate Prof., Department of Psychology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2022-10-28 Accepted : 2023-03-10 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: meta-parenting, parenting based on the nurtured heart approach, parental competence, Emotion regulate,

Abstract :

The current research was aimed to the effectiveness of parenting education based on the nurtured heart approach on parenting, parenting competence, emotional regulation of 7-12-year-old children. The research method was semi-experimental and two-group design (one experimental and one control group) with a pre-test, post-test and a 45-day follow-up period. The statistical population includes all mothers with children aged 7-12 in the city of Isfahan in the spring of 2022, which is based on available sampling of 40 mothers with children aged 7-12 who refer to counseling centers active in the field of children . They randomly assigned to two experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) groups. The educational intervention was implemented on the experimental group for 50 days and during 10 sessions and was not provided to the educational control group. The tools used include Havac and Holden's parenting questionnaire (2006), Guibad and Wandersman parenting competence questionnaire (1978), Shields and Cekiti's emotional regulation questionnaire (1997) and the parenting training package based on the nurtured heart approach. and the data was analyzed using the method of analysis of variance with repeated measurements. The results showed that parenting education based on the nurtured heart approach was effective on parenting, parenting competence, and emotional regulation of 7-12-year-old children, and the effects of education remained in the follow-up phase (p<0.01).