Abstract

MORALES CHAINE, Silvia; CORTES LARIOS, Luz María; CUEVAS RENAUD, Corina Margarita  and  LIRA MANDUJANO, Jennifer. Text Messages in the Parent Training for Raising Practices. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2019, vol.9, n.1, pp.68-85.  Epub Nov 25, 2019. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fpsi.20074719e.2019.1.07.

Parent behavioral training promotes raising skills acquisition for the children behavior problems reduction. The goal of this work was to assess learning and maintenance of the raising skills and the reduction of the children behavior, reported by the parents, because of behavioral training and the use of texting messages. We worked with 62 family´ parents of 40 years old. The mean age of the children was 9 years old. We worked with a quasiexperimental design with a comparison group: presence based modality against and presence plus text messages modality, where we run four phases: beginning, final and following assessments (60 minutes’ sessions) and behavioral training (four 120 minutes sessions). We used the Raising Practices Inventory, Managing Skills for Children Behavior Questionnaire and Children Behavior Inventory. On the comparison condition we added 84 texting messages about: behavior functional analysis, praise, gains, positive social interaction, alpha commands, behavioral correction, inadequate behavior ignoring, planned activities, rules establishment, and problem solution. Results showed moderated behavior problems that were reduced and maintained 11%, on average, underneath of the beginning assessment, throughout following assessment, because of behavioral training with or without messages; But, the use of texting messages appears to be an efficient tool to promote a reported maintained mayor changing of the oppositional behavior (9.57%) and of the punishment using (22.05%, with regard to beginning assessment). Additional studies should indicate the mediator role of the texting messages between raising practices and the children behavior problems reduction.

Keywords : Text messages; Parent training; Maintenance.

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