Evaluating the impact of the 5 pillars of parenting programme: A novel parenting intervention for Muslim families
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the impact of the 5 Pillars of Parenting Programme, an eight-week parenting intervention group, which incorporates Islamic values and concepts.
The evaluation sought to look at outcomes for families attending the programme.
Design: 160 parents completed questionnaires to assess the parent and child outcomes using a pre-post within-participants quantitative design.
Results: Statistical analysis demonstrated a significant reduction in difficult child behaviours (p≤.05), ineffectual parental discipline practices (p≤.000), parental depression (p≤.05), anxiety, (p≤.05) and stress (p≤.05).
Attrition was also comparatively low.
Conclusions: The 5 Pillars of Parenting 4-11 years course appears to be a promising programme for supporting Muslim parents.
Research comparing the outcomes to those of other parenting groups would now be of benefit.
Citations
Kathryn Thomson, Hanan Hussein, Kathleen Roche-Nagi, Ruth Butterworth. Evaluating the impact of the 5 pillars of parenting programme: A novel parenting intervention for Muslim families. Community Practitioner, 13th March 2018
Page last reviewed: 12 June, 2025
Metadata
Author(s): Thomson, Kathryn
Collection: 123456789/106
Subject(s): Child Development, Cultural Identity, Parenting
Format(s): Article
Date issued: 2018-03-13
ISSN: 1462-2815
ID: 69