Evaluation Design III: Method
Study Design This evaluation will examine the Stress and Coping program designed for low-income, Latina mothers of 9- to 12-year-old children to help their children cope with stress. The evaluators for this program will be two second-year Prevention Science Ph.D. students (i.e., Jackelyn Hidalgo-Mendez and Amanda McMahon). The evaluators will examine the program that was piloted in two rural areas (Pasco and Prosser, Washington) and one urban (La Habra, California) with a total of 17 participants. This is a convenience sample, since the participants from the sample were selected based on naturally occurring groups and the data to be collected is conveniently available. Moreover, the participants were intensively …show more content…
This will be achieved by reviewing current literature and program documentation to ensure the aims and goals of the program are supported. Another purpose of this evaluation is to determine if the program is culturally appropriate for the participants. This will be assessed by meeting each of the following characteristics: (1) the program is founded on the cultural values of the participants, (2) the program’s activities and strategies reflect the participant’s culture, such as attitudes and beliefs, and (3) the content of the program’s activities and strategies accurately reflect the behavioral preferences and expectations of the participants (Marin, 1993). In addition, the processes of the program will be evaluated, such as the degree of participant participation and if the program is being delivered as intended. The process evaluation will be determined by the research team interviews and review of the program’s documentation, such as the Demographic Form completed by the …show more content…
One of the primary outcomes of the program is to increase the mother’s knowledge on how to successfully help their child cope with stress. The measure used to evaluate this outcome is the 27-item Coping Knowledge Questionnaire. However, this questionnaire was developed by the research team and does not have any validity and reliability evidence. Another aim of the program is to improve the mother’s child-rearing practices. The measure used to assess this effect is the 14-item Maternal Emotional Styles Questionnaire, which has shown good validity and reliability scores (Lagace-Seguin & Coplan, 2005). The 36-item Parental Scaffolding Questionnaire measures the ways that mothers scaffold their children’s responses to stressful situations, with alphas ranged from .73 to .80 (Power, Hill, & Bumpus, 2009). One last measure is the 17-item Parenting Sense of Competence Scale that assesses parenting satisfaction (Cronbach’s alpha=.75) and self-efficacy (Cronbach’s alpha=.76) (Johnston & Mash, 1989). The analyses of the pre- and post-questionnaires will be analyzed by descriptive statistics and paired sample t-tests to determine attitude and behavioral changes in the mothers following the completion of the pilot
Study Design This evaluation will examine the Stress and Coping program designed for low-income, Latina mothers of 9- to 12-year-old children to help their children cope with stress. The evaluators for this program will be two second-year Prevention Science Ph.D. students (i.e., Jackelyn Hidalgo-Mendez and Amanda McMahon). The evaluators will examine the program that was piloted in two rural areas (Pasco and Prosser, Washington) and one urban (La Habra, California) with a total of 17 participants. This is a convenience sample, since the participants from the sample were selected based on naturally occurring groups and the data to be collected is conveniently available. Moreover, the participants were intensively …show more content…
This will be achieved by reviewing current literature and program documentation to ensure the aims and goals of the program are supported. Another purpose of this evaluation is to determine if the program is culturally appropriate for the participants. This will be assessed by meeting each of the following characteristics: (1) the program is founded on the cultural values of the participants, (2) the program’s activities and strategies reflect the participant’s culture, such as attitudes and beliefs, and (3) the content of the program’s activities and strategies accurately reflect the behavioral preferences and expectations of the participants (Marin, 1993). In addition, the processes of the program will be evaluated, such as the degree of participant participation and if the program is being delivered as intended. The process evaluation will be determined by the research team interviews and review of the program’s documentation, such as the Demographic Form completed by the …show more content…
One of the primary outcomes of the program is to increase the mother’s knowledge on how to successfully help their child cope with stress. The measure used to evaluate this outcome is the 27-item Coping Knowledge Questionnaire. However, this questionnaire was developed by the research team and does not have any validity and reliability evidence. Another aim of the program is to improve the mother’s child-rearing practices. The measure used to assess this effect is the 14-item Maternal Emotional Styles Questionnaire, which has shown good validity and reliability scores (Lagace-Seguin & Coplan, 2005). The 36-item Parental Scaffolding Questionnaire measures the ways that mothers scaffold their children’s responses to stressful situations, with alphas ranged from .73 to .80 (Power, Hill, & Bumpus, 2009). One last measure is the 17-item Parenting Sense of Competence Scale that assesses parenting satisfaction (Cronbach’s alpha=.75) and self-efficacy (Cronbach’s alpha=.76) (Johnston & Mash, 1989). The analyses of the pre- and post-questionnaires will be analyzed by descriptive statistics and paired sample t-tests to determine attitude and behavioral changes in the mothers following the completion of the pilot