Enhancing resilience in single-parent family adolescents in China: a randomized controlled trial based on home-school collaborative intervention

Abstract Background It remains unknown whether home-school collaborative strategies can improve the resilience of adolescents and children from single-parent families in China. Objectives This study addresses the gap in resilience interventions for single-parent family students by validating a 7-wee...

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Main Authors: Binrong Dai, Yujie He, Mei Peng
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Published: BMC 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22662-y
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description Abstract Background It remains unknown whether home-school collaborative strategies can improve the resilience of adolescents and children from single-parent families in China. Objectives This study addresses the gap in resilience interventions for single-parent family students by validating a 7-week home-school collaborative intervention strategy. Methods The participants were 89 primary and secondary school children from China, randomly assigned to either the experimental group (20 single-parent and 27 non-single-parent students) or the control group (20 single-parent and 22 non-single-parent students). Both groups used the Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale to report their resilience levels during the pre-test and post-test phases. Single-parent family parents also reported their collaborative participation using a behavior checklist. Results The experimental group exhibited higher resilience gain scores compared to the control group. The intervention effects in the experimental group remained stable for one month after the intervention ended. Additionally, the intervention at the school level fostered greater collaborative involvement from single-parent families, particularly in terms of family support participation. Conclusions The Home-school collaborative intervention strategy is a valuable measure for enhancing the resilience of students from single-parent families and has the potential for application within both family and school contexts.
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spelling doaj-art-c43908b39b0f422c98d975a3a33e4da62025-08-20T03:52:23ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582025-04-0125111310.1186/s12889-025-22662-yEnhancing resilience in single-parent family adolescents in China: a randomized controlled trial based on home-school collaborative interventionBinrong Dai0Yujie He1Mei Peng2School of Education Science, Jiangsu Province Key Construction Laboratory of Big Data for Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yancheng Teachers UniversityXi’an Qujiang Kang Chiao SchoolSchool of Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical UniversityAbstract Background It remains unknown whether home-school collaborative strategies can improve the resilience of adolescents and children from single-parent families in China. Objectives This study addresses the gap in resilience interventions for single-parent family students by validating a 7-week home-school collaborative intervention strategy. Methods The participants were 89 primary and secondary school children from China, randomly assigned to either the experimental group (20 single-parent and 27 non-single-parent students) or the control group (20 single-parent and 22 non-single-parent students). Both groups used the Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale to report their resilience levels during the pre-test and post-test phases. Single-parent family parents also reported their collaborative participation using a behavior checklist. Results The experimental group exhibited higher resilience gain scores compared to the control group. The intervention effects in the experimental group remained stable for one month after the intervention ended. Additionally, the intervention at the school level fostered greater collaborative involvement from single-parent families, particularly in terms of family support participation. Conclusions The Home-school collaborative intervention strategy is a valuable measure for enhancing the resilience of students from single-parent families and has the potential for application within both family and school contexts.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22662-yResilience interventionsHome-school collaborationSingle-parent familyRandomized controlled trial
spellingShingle Binrong Dai
Yujie He
Mei Peng
Enhancing resilience in single-parent family adolescents in China: a randomized controlled trial based on home-school collaborative intervention
BMC Public Health
Resilience interventions
Home-school collaboration
Single-parent family
Randomized controlled trial
title Enhancing resilience in single-parent family adolescents in China: a randomized controlled trial based on home-school collaborative intervention
title_full Enhancing resilience in single-parent family adolescents in China: a randomized controlled trial based on home-school collaborative intervention
title_fullStr Enhancing resilience in single-parent family adolescents in China: a randomized controlled trial based on home-school collaborative intervention
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing resilience in single-parent family adolescents in China: a randomized controlled trial based on home-school collaborative intervention
title_short Enhancing resilience in single-parent family adolescents in China: a randomized controlled trial based on home-school collaborative intervention
title_sort enhancing resilience in single parent family adolescents in china a randomized controlled trial based on home school collaborative intervention
topic Resilience interventions
Home-school collaboration
Single-parent family
Randomized controlled trial
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22662-y
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