The Impact of Acceptance and Usefulness Assessments on the Intended Implementation of a Parent Training Program

Aggressive behavior during childhood and adolescence poses a problem in many schools. Children with social behavior problems often pose a challenge for their classmates, teachers and parents. Since the family is a central factor of influence in a child’s socialization, a lot of programs that support parents in the child rearing process were developed during the last years. These so-called parent trainings are usually conducted by professionals from the field of educational sciences or psychology. But how does the rating of such a program by the course instructors influence its effects? The present contribution focuses on the examination of the perceived usefulness and acceptability of the MonteBaRo-training as rated by newly trained course instructors. Additionally it was analyzed how these subjective ratings influenced the intended implementation of the training (i.e. anticipated deviation from the training’s manual). In summary, newly trained course instructors very high ratings for gave the training course, as well as the usefulness of the program and its materials and the extent to which they feel prepared for conducting own courses. No significant correlations were found between these indicators and the anticipated deviation from the training’s manual.