Family Education and Support Programme: Implementation and Cultural Adaptation in Cape Verde
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- (a)
- Describe the participants’ psychosocial profile regarding sociodemographic characteristics and their negative or risky life events;
- (b)
- Describe their perceived parental competences (pre- and post-test), as well as the impact of the programme;
- (c)
- Describe the motivation and expectations regarding the programme;
- (d)
- Address the main procedural topics related to the implementation of the FAF in Cape Verde;
- (e)
- Describe the participation data.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Instruments
2.4. Plan Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Participants’ Psychosocial Profile
3.2. Perceived Parenting Competences
- There were no significant differences on the control group’s scores before and after the intervention.
3.3. Motivation and Expectations Regarding the Programme
3.4. Characteristics and Conditions of the Programme’s Application
3.5. Participation Indicators
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Intervention Group (N = 42) M (SD) | Control Group (N = 24) M (SD) | F | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Efficacy | 30.31 (3.03) | 30.88 (3.43) | 0.48 | 0.490 |
Satisfaction | 32.02 (4.50) | 34.63 (6.36) | 3.76 | 0.057 |
Total PSOC | 62.33 (5.53) | 65.50 (8.87) | 3.20 | 0.078 |
Pre-Test M (SD) | Post-Test M (SD) | t(gl)/Z | p | d/dz | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parenting efficacy | |||||
Intervention group | 4.31(0.44) | 4.74 (0.51) | −5.39 (36) | 0.000 | 0.89 |
Control group | 4.48 (0.53) | 4.44 (0.60) | −0.41 | 0.683 | 0.09 |
Parenting satisfaction | |||||
Intervention group | 3.51 (0.49) | 3.89 (0.74) | −3.39 (36) | 0.001 | 0.60 |
Control group | 3.93 (0.68) | 3.77 (0.77) | −1.26 | 0.208 | 0.26 |
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Correia, A.; Matavelli, R.; Cunha, F.F.; Hidalgo, V.; Jesus, S.N.d.; Nunes, C. Family Education and Support Programme: Implementation and Cultural Adaptation in Cape Verde. Soc. Sci. 2022, 11, 232. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11060232
Correia A, Matavelli R, Cunha FF, Hidalgo V, Jesus SNd, Nunes C. Family Education and Support Programme: Implementation and Cultural Adaptation in Cape Verde. Social Sciences. 2022; 11(6):232. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11060232
Chicago/Turabian StyleCorreia, Adriana, Rafaela Matavelli, Francisca Ferreira Cunha, Victoria Hidalgo, Saul Neves de Jesus, and Cristina Nunes. 2022. "Family Education and Support Programme: Implementation and Cultural Adaptation in Cape Verde" Social Sciences 11, no. 6: 232. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11060232
APA StyleCorreia, A., Matavelli, R., Cunha, F. F., Hidalgo, V., Jesus, S. N. d., & Nunes, C. (2022). Family Education and Support Programme: Implementation and Cultural Adaptation in Cape Verde. Social Sciences, 11(6), 232. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11060232