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The impact of a family skills training intervention among Burmese migrant families in Thailand: A randomized controlled trial

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  • Eve S Puffer
  • Jeannie Annan
  • Amanda L Sim
  • Carmel Salhi
  • Theresa S Betancourt

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Objective: To conduct a randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of a family-based intervention delivered to Burmese migrant families displaced in Thailand on parenting and family functioning. Participants and procedures: Participants included 479 Burmese migrant families from 20 communities in Thailand. Families, including 513 caregivers and 479 children aged 7 to 15 years, were randomized to treatment and waitlist control groups. The treatment group received a 12-session family-based intervention delivered to groups of families by lay facilitators. Adapted standardized and locally derived measures were administered before and after the intervention to assess parent-child relationship quality, discipline practices, and family functioning. Results: Compared with controls, intervention families demonstrated improved quality of parent-child interactions on scales of parental warmth and affection (Effect size (ES) = 0.25 caregivers; 0.26 children, both p

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  • Eve S Puffer & Jeannie Annan & Amanda L Sim & Carmel Salhi & Theresa S Betancourt, 2017. "The impact of a family skills training intervention among Burmese migrant families in Thailand: A randomized controlled trial," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(3), pages 1-19, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0172611
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172611
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