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Hahlweg, Kurt; Heinrichs, Nina; Kuschel, Annett; Feldmann, Marit – Behavior Modification, 2008
The efficacy of bibliotherapy has primarily been investigated in anxiety disorders, depression, or substance dependence. The efficacy of self-help books to increase parenting competence was only investigated in a few studies despite their broad dissemination in public. The aims of the study were to investigate the short- and long-term efficacy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Help Programs, Parent Education, Allied Health Personnel
Edwards, Dan W. – 1967
To empirically verify the usefulness of self-help approaches to coping with life problems and to help meet the needs of single fathers who had custody of their children, a self-help group composed of seven recently divorced fathers was formed. All seven participants were receiving individual counseling for various psychological problems they were…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Fathers, Homemaking Skills, One Parent Family
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Anderson, Elaine A.; Kohler, Julie K.; Letiecq, Bethany L. – Family Relations, 2002
Presents stories of low-income fathers (N=20) who participated in a Responsible Fatherhood (RF) program in a large urban area. A hermeneutic phenomenological methodology was used to document participants' memories of becoming fathers, the benefits and barriers to them remaining in the program, and their suggestions for program improvement.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Fathers, Hermeneutics, Intervention