Program Evaluation on the Kids First Program

<p>This study is a program evaluation of the Kids First program, an eight-week psychoeducation program, on parents and children who have experienced a divorce and/or separation. This study was conducted to assess the usefulness of specific program interventions as it relates to parental insight, co-parenting, and child adjustment. A descriptive analysis was conducted to examine results of the evaluations. Results indicated over 85% of the sample rated program satisfaction as moderately or very valuable, suggesting parents gained some knowledge and saw value in the program. Results also endorsed 95% of parents moderately or highly valued the effectiveness of the program’s presentation methods, suggesting the program presented material in an effective, comprehensible manner. It was concluded that a majority parents reported increased knowledge of effective co-parenting strategies and of personal insight/responsibility following program participation. However, results were inconsistent regarding parents’ communication with their child and awareness of their child’s adjustment post-intervention. These findings suggest future research should be studied to fully identify and address the needs of the children and parents as they correlate with each other.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral Project

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2020

Author dc:creator

• Yamauchi, Katherine E.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cameron Neece
• David Vermeersch

• Clinical Psychology
• Family, Life Course, and Society
• Adaptation, Psychological; Child Welfare -- psychology; Divorce -- psychology; Female; Humans; Male; Parent-Child Relations; Parenting -- psychology; Program Evaluation; Qualitative Research; Quality of Life; Stress, Psychological

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/1022

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-2084