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SERES: La Paz Empieza en Casa—Evaluation of an Intervention Program to Reduce Corporal Punishment and Parenting Stress, and to Enhance Positive Parenting Among Colombian Parents
Originally published 2025-10-29 · European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/ejihpe15110223 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Respect
How should parents interpret an encouraging but small intervention evaluation?
The paper examines a culturally adapted approach to reducing corporal punishment and parenting stress, while offering an opportunity to scrutinize optimistic claims from small studies.
Who was studied?
Thirty-eight Colombian parents; SERES intervention and comparison groups
Age / stage: Parents of children; see source methods for specific ages
Read with three questions
- What outcomes were measured with standardized pre- and posttests?
- What did the study’s neural-network classification add—and not add—to causal evidence?
- Which longer-term contacts lacked formal standardized reassessment?
Keep the limits in view
The sample was very small and nonrandomized. Six-month contacts were not formal instrument-based reassessments, so sustained effectiveness is not established; the predictive model also needs external validation.
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Angela Trujillo; Martha Rocío González; José David Amorocho; Inmaculada Méndez Mateo (2025). SERES: La Paz Empieza en Casa—Evaluation of an Intervention Program to Reduce Corporal Punishment and Parenting Stress, and to Enhance Positive Parenting Among Colombian Parents European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe15110223
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