TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - A pilot randomised controlled trial to improve social problem-solving skills of kunjing children without sufficient parental care
JO  - British journal of social work
A1  - Wang, Miao
A1  - Zhou, Yue
SP  - 456
EP  - 474
VL  - 54
IS  - 1
N2  - [SafetyLit note: Kunjing children refer to those who endure harsh living conditions due to family poverty, health problems, and lack of parental care in Mainland China.]    Social problem-solving skills (SPS) are essential to child development, especially for kunjing children without sufficient parental care (KCw/oSPC). This study aimed to design and implement a group-based pilot intervention programme to improve KCw/oSPC's SPS and assessed its effectiveness. This pilot intervention was a randomised controlled trial, fifty-seven KCw/oSPC at seventh grade (aged twelve to thirteen years) were recruited and randomly assigned into experimental (n = 24) and waiting (n = 33) groups. All participants in the experimental group received SPS training, whilst the waiting group did not receive any services at the research stage. Both pre- and post-test data about participants' SPS from both groups were analysed with Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, respectively. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that KCw/oSPC's SPS in the experimental group improved significantly, with large effect size (Cohen's d = 1.15). This pilot study, although with limitations, contributed to informing future social work intervention studies and practice to promote KCw/oSPC's SPS in Mainland China and worldwide.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0045-3102
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad209
ID  - ref1
ER  -