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EPSTEIN PARENTING SPAHCO results ALIAT COMPETENCIES INVENTORY 22-23 may 2017, Bucharest

WHY EPCI EPCI derives from a review of more than 50 studies that predict positive outcomes of many aspects of parenting. These studies suggest that 10 different categories of parenting competence contribute to positive outcomes. All of the scales were derived from empirical studies of effective parenting. The content validity of test items and scales was also confirmed in a blind procedure with 11 independent parenting and child development professionals. EPCI validated on more than 14.000 test takers. (new study to be published)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ROBERT EPSTEIN, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioural Research and Technology, is a contributing editor for Scientific American Mind and former editor in chief of Psychology Today, author of 15 books.

THE PARENTS TEN 1. Expressing Love and Affection: You support and accept the child, are physically affectionate, and spend quality one-on-one time with him or her. 2. Stress Management: You take steps to reduce stress for yourself and your child, practice relaxation techniques, and promote positive interpretations of events. 3. Relationship Skills: You maintain a positive marital relationship and model effective relationship skills with other people. 4. Autonomy and Independence: You treat your child with respect and encourage him or her to become self-sufficient and self-reliant. 5. Education and Learning: You promote and model learning for your child. 6. Life Skills: You provide for your child, have a steady income, and plan for the future. 7. Behavior Management: You make extensive use of positive reinforcement and punish only when other methods of managing behavior have failed. 8. Health: You model a healthy lifestyle and good habits for your child. 9. Religion: You support spiritual or religious development and participate in spiritual or religious activities. 10. Safety: You take precautions to protect your child and maintain awareness of the child's activities and friends.

SPAHCO RESEARCH

TEST TAKERS: 340 90 Poland; 82 80 Croatia; 68 Romania; 79 70 Spain; 71 60 50 40 30 Italy; 18 20 10 Turkey; 22 0 Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey

AGE 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-76

DEGREE 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Associates College Doctorate High school Masters

GENDER (71% WOMEN & 29% MEN) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey Female Male

MARRIED 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey NO YES

DIVORCED 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey NO YES

HOW HAPPY HAVE YOUR CHILDREN BEEN ? LOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 HIGH 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey 5 6 7 8 9 10

HOW HEALTHY HAVE YOUR CHILDREN BEEN ? LOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 HIGH 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey 5 6 7 8 9 10

HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE YOUR CHILDREN BEEN IN SCHOOL OR WORK SETTINGS ? LOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 HIGH 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey 5 6 7 8 9 10

HOW GOOD HAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP BEEN WITH YOUR CHILDREN (ON AVERAGE)? LOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 HIGH 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey 5 6 7 8 9 10

HOW GOOD A PARENT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? LOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 HIGH 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey 5 6 7 8 9 10

HAVE YOU HAD ANY TRAINING OR EDUCATION IN PARENTING? (84% - NO) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey NO YES

SCORES <65 66-85 85-99 100 100 – highest possible score 85-99 – some improvement is possible 65-85 – you should be concerned <65 – it is especially important

10. SAFETY: YOU TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD AND MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF THE CHILD'S ACTIVITIES AND FRIENDS. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

9. RELIGION: YOU SUPPORT SPIRITUAL OR RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATE IN SPIRITUAL OR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

8. HEALTH: YOU MODEL A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND GOOD HABITS FOR YOUR CHILD. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

7. BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT: YOU MAKE EXTENSIVE USE OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AND PUNISH ONLY WHEN OTHER METHODS OF MANAGING BEHAVIOR HAVE FAILED. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

6. LIFE SKILLS: YOU PROVIDE FOR YOUR CHILD, HAVE A STEADY INCOME, AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

5. EDUCATION AND LEARNING: YOU PROMOTE AND MODEL LEARNING FOR YOUR CHILD. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

4. AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE: YOU TREAT YOUR CHILD WITH RESPECT AND ENCOURAGE HIM OR HER TO BECOME SELF- SUFFICIENT AND SELF-RELIANT. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

3. RELATIONSHIP SKILLS: YOU MAINTAIN A POSITIVE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP AND MODEL EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP SKILLS WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

2. STRESS MANAGEMENT: YOU TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE STRESS FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILD, PRACTICE RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, AND PROMOTE POSITIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF EVENTS. Titolo del grafico 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

1. EXPRESSING LOVE AND AFFECTION: YOU SUPPORT AND ACCEPT THE CHILD, ARE PHYSICALLY AFFECTIONATE, AND SPEND QUALITY ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH HIM OR HER. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Croatia Italy Poland Romania Spain Turkey <65 66-85 85-99 100

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