The Effectiveness of Parenting Program Based on Video Interactive Guidance: Effectiveness of Parental Interactive Guidance

Tuğba Menteşe Babayiğit; Merve Çıkılı Uytun; Rahime Duygu  Temeltürk; Gökçe  Yağmur  Efendi; Didem Behice  Öztop; Esra Yürümez; Belgin Üstün Güllü; Semiha Pekacar Uyaroğlu

doi:10.4274/jpea.2024.307

Authors

Tuğba Menteşe Babayiğit Aksaray University Faculty of Medicine; Aksaray Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Aksaray, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-7377
Merve Çıkılı Uytun Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-5742
Rahime Duygu Temeltürk Ankara University Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, Ankara, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9303-5944
Gökçe Yağmur Efendi Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kocaeli, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4206-3766
Didem Behice Öztop Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3189-2112
Esra Yürümez Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7051-5662
Belgin Üstün Güllü Düzce University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Düzce, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7093-3883
Semiha Pekacar Uyaroğlu Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8766-4067

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4274/jpea.2024.307

Keywords:

Video-based interactive guidance, parental training, infant, relationship

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the impact of a video-based interactive guidance (VIG) training program on parents’ anxiety, depression levels, coping styles, and interactions with their infants. The sample comprised eight children aged 24-40 months years diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and/or developmental delay. After the diagnostic process, the parents participated in a 4-session VIG parenting program. Pre- and post-implementation comparisons were made on various variables. Data were collected from mothers using sociodemographic forms, Beck Depression Inventory, State Trait Anxiety Inventory, The Ways of Coping Inventory, parenting attitudes styles, and Crowell procedure (PIR-GAS) scores. Our findings revealed that following VIG, the quality of parent-child relationships improved significantly compared with earlier assessments, as observed through PIR-GAS evaluations. Moreover, there was a notable decrease in ineffective coping styles among parents. The VIG outlined in this study proved to be a highly successful psychological therapy method for children and preschoolers. However, while these results are significant, evidence supporting this program’s effectiveness for mothers and children in early childhood is limited, emphasizing the need for further research.