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ABSTRACT
In Study 1, the Computer-Assisted Parenting Program (CAPP) was evaluated using 24 undergraduate students. There was a significant increase in knowledge of behavioral parenting concepts following completion of the program plus high consumer satisfaction. In Study 2, parents of 46, 3–5 year-old children without behavior problems were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: computer treatment, booklet treatment, or control group. Computer group parents reported increased limit setting over the eight weeks of the study, whereas parents in the other groups reported decreased limit setting. Similarly, computer group parents maintained high baseline levels of involvement, whereas control and booklet group parents reported decreased involvement. There were no treatment effects involving changes in parenting knowledge, child behavior problems, or parenting stress. These latter findings may be, in part, due to the fact that the parents who volunteered for the study are of middle to upper SES and had children without significant conduct problems. Moreover, the parents' baseline levels of behavioral concept knowledge were near the ceiling of the self-report instrument used to measure this construct. Finally, parents in both treatment groups reported consistently high levels of consumer satisfaction. Implications for future research are discussed.
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