Citation

Porter B, Howe T. J. Child Adolesc. Trauma 2008; 1(3): 193.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1080/19361520802279158

PMID

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Abstract

The Adults and Children Together (ACT) “Parents Raising Safe Kids” Violence Prevention Curriculum is designed to prevent young children from becoming victims or future perpetrators of violence by helping parents understand the effects of violence on children's development and learn nonviolent parenting skills. This study examined the effectiveness of ACT with parents through the first controlled evaluation of the program. Results demonstrate improvements related to all four modules of the ACT program: anger management, social problem solving, nonaggressive discipline, and media violence literacy. All parents surveyed at follow-up reported complete cessation of physical punishment. These, along with other promising results supporting ACT's effectiveness, should encourage others to use this easily implemented, low-cost violence prevention program for parents.

Keywords: child abuse; parenting; violence prevention; spanking