Understanding the Parenting Approaches Taught in Clinical Psychology Programs and Students’ Related Perspectives #6

Title: Understanding the Parenting Approaches Taught in Clinical Psychology Programs and Students’ Related Perspectives

Description: The current project's primary objective is to examine graduate students' perspectives in clinical psychology programs across Canada on various parenting practices. We are especially interested in exploring their attitudes toward physical and emotional punishment (i.e., time out, withdrawal of privileges, ignoring etc.). The second objective of this study is to examine the knowledge and attitudes of clinical students on children’s rights. Finally, to provide a context for our goals, we will also collect information on clinical students' training around parenting interventions through their coursework and clinical placements.
This study will provide information on the perspectives of clinical students on both the use of punitive parenting practices as well as on children’s rights. This study has important implications for clinical training and practice in that it will shed light on the view of training professionals on the use of punitive parenting, and in turn, will inform training recommendations.
This project will address the following questions:
(1) What are the attitudes toward using various parenting strategies among graduate-level clinical psychology students?
(2) What are the attitudes toward children’s rights of clinical students?
(3) What is students' general knowledge of children’s rights?

Specifics: Study Population:
Clinical students from CPA-accredited clinical programs across Canada will be invited to complete an online questionnaire. Inclusion criteria include having the ability to understand English and currently being enrolled in a clinical program.

Participant Obligation:
Participants will be asked to fill out a questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics and aspects of their clinical training as well as several measurement instruments assessing their attitudes toward physical punishment and children's rights.

Location: online-Ottawa, approved by the University of Ottawa

Project lead: Elisa Romano

Study Dates: February 6, 2023 to May 5, 2023

Study Website: https://uottawapsy.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_419l1ZjBXyT0EWa