The Impact of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy on Parent Self-Esteem and Parenting Stress on Homeless Parents
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Department
Counseling
Date of Award
1-10-2024
Abstract
The research study had a commitment to assess the impact of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) on the homeless parent population as it pertains to self-esteem of the parent and parenting stress using an AB single case research design (SCRD). Two participants volunteered for the study, and completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) and the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF; Abidin, 2012) after each session to analyze a parent’s self-esteem and parenting stress. The 23-week study including 3 baseline sessions and 8 treatment sessions. The researcher utilized visual analysis and descriptive statistics (i.e. mean and standard deviation) to investigate the figures. To analyze practical significance the researcher utilized four outcome metrics: percent of non-overlapping data (PND; Scruggs & Castro, 1987), Percent exceeding the median (PEM; Ma, 2006), Percentage of all nonoverlapping data (PAND; Parker, Hagan-Burke, & Vannest, 2007), and non-overlap of all pairs (NAP; Parker & Vannest, 2009). A p value was attained from the PND score using an online calculator (Tarlow & Penland, 2016a). Participant 1 displayed a statistically significant reduction in parenting stress and parenting distress, a sub-category of the PSI-SF, and large practical significance was analyzing parenting stress. Participant 1 displayed non-statistically significant change when examining self-esteem and had large practical significance for self-esteem when the data was calculated by percentage exceeding the median (PEM). Participant 2 displayed non-statistically significant and practical change when examining parenting stress and self-esteem. Both participants described CPRT as a positive experience that was beneficial for the parent-child relationship. The findings support that CPRT is beneficial when working with the homeless parent population. Implications and clinical significance are discussed, and the researcher provides recommendations for future research and limitations.
Advisor
Zaidy MohdZain
Subject Categories
Counseling | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Hawkins, Joshua, "The Impact of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy on Parent Self-Esteem and Parenting Stress on Homeless Parents" (2024). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 1135.
https://digitalcommons.tamuc.edu/etd/1135
