The Positive Parenting Research Team (PPRT) has two objectives which guide the research process: (1) to assess the relationships between positive psychology and parenting and (2) to promote positive parenting in families of young children. The goal of the PPRT is for each person to gain knowledge and skill in conducting and publishing research on positive psychology and parenting, especially as it informs the continued development of an evidence-based approach to parent training.
The objectives help drive the PPRT research goals:
The objectives help drive the PPRT research goals:
- Become familiar with the literature related to predictors of parenting with an emphasis on positive psychology including, but not limited to, hope, optimism, resilience (e.g., hardiness) and issues of spiritual well being and spiritual coping as they pertain to parenting.
- Contribute to the development of published research studies and national presentations related to the expanding knowledge of protective factors in parenting young children and treatment readiness in parent training.
- Be knowledgeable about the research process, including ethical practices, IRB proposal, thesis and dissertation, manuscript development, and presentations at national conferences.
- Become knowledgeable about the Parenting Young Children evidence-based parenting program and to support the delivery of the PYC program as a research endeavor through either providing direct parent-training service, or providing support to facilitators as data-collectors and support staff.
- Become familiar with the literature base related to the PYC program and contribute to studies related to expanding this base to include predictors of positive outcome.