Effect of Level of Exposure to the Parenting Curriculum on Adolescent Mothers’ Parenting Attitudes and Beliefs
| Level of Exposure to Parenting Curriculum | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Exposure (<75% of Planned Sessions) | High Exposure (≥75% of Planned Sessions) | |||||
| Parenting Measure | β* | 95% CI | P Value | β* | 95% CI | P Value |
| AAPI = Adult -Adolescent Parenting Inventory; CI = confidence interval. | ||||||
| * β = the mean difference in score between intervention home-visited adolescents (with high or low exposure to the curriculum) and control adolescents, using the generalized estimating equation (GEE), and adjusting for age, baseline AAPI scores, baseline depressive symptoms, and household violence. | ||||||
| Total AAPI score | 0.2 | −7.0 to 7.3 | .97 | 8.3 | 3.2 to 13.3 | <.005 |
| AAPI subscale scores | ||||||
| Inappropriate expectations | 0.3 | −1.3 to 1.9 | .08 | 1.5 | 0.4 to 2.5 | .01 |
| Empathy | 1.4 | −0.7 to 3.5 | .19 | 2.6 | 0.9 to 4.3 | <.005 |
| Avoidance of physical punishment | 0.04 | −3.2 to 3.3 | .98 | 2.6 | 0.2 to 5.0 | .03 |
| Avoidance of role reversal | −0.9 | −4.9 to 3.0 | .63 | 2.1 | −0.1 to 4.4 | .06 |