Impact of Nonviolent Communication Parenting Group on Modifying Parenting Styles

Purpose This study is to investigate the effectiveness of a group-based nonviolent communication parenting group with parents in Hong Kong. Changes in parenting style were examined. Method: It is a pretest–posttest controlled quasi-experimental design. A two-by-two mixed-model ANOVA was used to investigate changes. Participants of both the intervention and control groups were recruited from primary schools and a community service center. The intervention and control groups were assessed using the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ-Short) both before and after the intervention. Results: The PSDQ score indicated a significant intervention effect and changes in certain parenting styles. Discussion The study achieves its overall objectives and demonstrates that NVC training can reduce permissive parenting styles but appears to have a limited impact on authoritative and authoritarian style within this sample.