Helping Families Help Themselves? Heterogeneous Effects of a Digital Parenting Program

Parenting practices are crucial for the development of children’s brains and social skills. However, parenting styles may be far from ideal, particularly those of caregivers with high stress levels. Using an individual-level experiment with male an...

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Main Authors:	Amaral, Sofia, Dinarte Diaz, Lelys, Dominguez, Patricio, Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	MENTAL HEALTH POSITIVE PARENTING PARENTAL STRESS CHILD MALTREATMENT PARENTING PRACTICE DIGITAL PARENTING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/759481637072622925/Helping-Families-Help-Themselves-Heterogeneous-Effects-of-a-Digital-Parenting-Program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36603

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spelling	okr-10986-366032021-11-19T05:10:45Z Helping Families Help Themselves? Heterogeneous Effects of a Digital Parenting Program Amaral, Sofia Dinarte Diaz, Lelys Dominguez, Patricio Perez-Vincent, Santiago M. MENTAL HEALTH POSITIVE PARENTING PARENTAL STRESS CHILD MALTREATMENT PARENTING PRACTICE DIGITAL PARENTING Parenting practices are crucial for the development of children’s brains and social skills. However, parenting styles may be far from ideal, particularly those of caregivers with high stress levels. Using an individual-level experiment with male and female caregivers of young children in El Salvador, this paper evaluates the impact of a free digital stress management and positive parenting intervention. The results indicate that, for males, the intervention increased stress and anxiety and lowered caregiver-child interactions. The effect on males was concentrated among the poorer and those residing with a partner. In contrast, women’s mental health was not impacted. Yet, their use of physical violence toward children decreased by 18 percent. These results align with theories linking economic deprivation and family structure to caregivers’ cognitive overload and mental health. 2021-11-18T18:11:46Z 2021-11-18T18:11:46Z 2021-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/759481637072622925/Helping-Families-Help-Themselves-Heterogeneous-Effects-of-a-Digital-Parenting-Program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36603 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9850 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean El Salvador
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topic	MENTAL HEALTH POSITIVE PARENTING PARENTAL STRESS CHILD MALTREATMENT PARENTING PRACTICE DIGITAL PARENTING
spellingShingle	MENTAL HEALTH POSITIVE PARENTING PARENTAL STRESS CHILD MALTREATMENT PARENTING PRACTICE DIGITAL PARENTING Amaral, Sofia Dinarte Diaz, Lelys Dominguez, Patricio Perez-Vincent, Santiago M. Helping Families Help Themselves? Heterogeneous Effects of a Digital Parenting Program
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description	Parenting practices are crucial for the development of children’s brains and social skills. However, parenting styles may be far from ideal, particularly those of caregivers with high stress levels. Using an individual-level experiment with male and female caregivers of young children in El Salvador, this paper evaluates the impact of a free digital stress management and positive parenting intervention. The results indicate that, for males, the intervention increased stress and anxiety and lowered caregiver-child interactions. The effect on males was concentrated among the poorer and those residing with a partner. In contrast, women’s mental health was not impacted. Yet, their use of physical violence toward children decreased by 18 percent. These results align with theories linking economic deprivation and family structure to caregivers’ cognitive overload and mental health.
format	Working Paper
author	Amaral, Sofia Dinarte Diaz, Lelys Dominguez, Patricio Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.
author_facet	Amaral, Sofia Dinarte Diaz, Lelys Dominguez, Patricio Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.
author_sort	Amaral, Sofia
title	Helping Families Help Themselves? Heterogeneous Effects of a Digital Parenting Program
title_short	Helping Families Help Themselves? Heterogeneous Effects of a Digital Parenting Program
title_full	Helping Families Help Themselves? Heterogeneous Effects of a Digital Parenting Program
title_fullStr	Helping Families Help Themselves? Heterogeneous Effects of a Digital Parenting Program
title_full_unstemmed	Helping Families Help Themselves? Heterogeneous Effects of a Digital Parenting Program
title_sort	helping families help themselves? heterogeneous effects of a digital parenting program
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/759481637072622925/Helping-Families-Help-Themselves-Heterogeneous-Effects-of-a-Digital-Parenting-Program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36603
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