Parental mentalization goes to school: a brief online mentalization-based intervention to improve parental academic support

Figures & data

Figure 1. A Proposed Mentalization Based Process of Parental Homework Involvement.

Table 1. Means and Standard Deviations of Outcome Variables across Intervention Condition and Time.

Outcome	Condition		Time 1		Time 2
		n	M	SD	M	SD
Parental autonomy support	Intervention	18	17.63	2.43	18.33	2.52
	Control	15	18.86	2.40	18.35	2.98
Parental control	Intervention	18	8.98	3.71	8.38	3.58
	Control	15	7.31	2.70	6.93	2.67
Parental hostility	Intervention	18	17.67	4.31	16.55	3.93
	Control	15	15.8	4.61	16.20	4.26
Parental warmth	Intervention	18	10.33	1.64	9.72	1.56
	Control	15	11.73	1.94	11.53	2.13
Interest and curiosity	Intervention	18	5.40	0.63	5.50	0.68
	Control	15	5.89	0.85	5.77	0.82
Prementalizing mode	Intervention	16	1.76	0.87	1.57	0.52
	Control	15	1.54	0.70	1.58	0.58
Behavioral regulation	Intervention	18	19.61	2.61	21	3.00
	Control	15	20.33	2.99	20.47	3.04

Table 2. Results of 2 × 2 Repeated Measures ANOVA of Outcome Variables.

Variable	Source	F	(df)	Sig, (two-sided)	Partial η^2
Interest and curiosity in mental states	Time	.02		.88	.00
	Time x Condition	2.47	(1,30)	.12	.07
Pre-mentalizing mode	Time	.45		.50 (.19*)	.01
	Time x Condition	1.07	(1,29)	.30 (.73*)	.03
Behavioral regulation	Time	3.54		.06	.10
	Time x Condition	2.40	(1,31)	.13	.07
Parental autonomy support	Time	.05		.81	.00
	Time x Condition	2.24	(1,31)	.14	.06
Parental control	Time	3.80		.06 (.06*)	.10
	Time x Condition	0.18	(1,31)	.66 (.58*)	.00
Parental hostility	Time	.78		.38	.02
	Time x Condition	3.54	(1,31)	.07	.10
Parental warmth	Time	2.94		.09 (.09*)	.08
	Time x Condition	.75	(1,31)	.39* (.15*)	.02

Note. * Significance level calculated using bootstrapping for non-parametric data; 2 × 2 ANOVA. Condition: Intervention vs. Control; Small effect partial η² = .01, medium effect partial η² = .06; large effect partial η² = .14.

Figure 2. Changes in the Parental Report on Autonomy Support, Interest and Curiosity, Hostility and Behavioral Regulation over Time and Across Treatment Groups.