Assessment of the Effects of Communication Training on the Adult Elderly and the Assisting Adult Child
Description:
This study examined the effects of Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) on affection, communication, and relationship between elderly parents and their assisting adult children. Twenty-eight pairs of parents and children were randomly assigned to treatment or control groups. Subjects took Quinn's Family Life Questionnaire as pre-, post-, and follow-up tests. Parents and children in the treatment groups attended a four-session STEP workshop. No significant differences were found on…
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Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Goldstein, Roberta Eisman