TY - JOUR AU - Pichairat, Aussaree AU - Chansungnoen, Jiranuwat PY - 2018/11/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Effect of Family Role Promotion Program on Parent’s Caring Behaviors for Weight Control in Obese School-Aged Children in Palian District, Trang Province JF - JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN TECHNOLOGY JA - J.SCT VL - 11 IS - 2 SE - Research Manuscript DO - UR - https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journal_sct/article/view/96266 SP - 95-102 AB - <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The main purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare pre- and post-intervention score of parent’s caring behaviors for weight control in obese school-aged children in Palian district, Trang province. Sixty parents of obese elementary school-aged children were recruited and assigned into control and experimental group, thirty each. The experimental group received the 4- week family role promotion program consisting of 4 activities conducted once a week within 4 weeks while the control group received a regular program. The data were collected using child caring behaviors developed by the researchers. The internal consistency reliability of the research instrument was calculated with Cronbach<sup>,</sup>s alphas coefficient of .97. The data were analyzed using percentage, standard deviation,&nbsp;and dependent t-test. Results: the study shown after completion of program, the parents in experiment group had statistically significantly higher&nbsp;average caring behavior scores than those at pre-program at P&lt; .001. Additionally, post intervention program, the average caring behavior scores of the experimental group also statistically significantly higher than those of the control group at P &lt; .001.</p> ER -