An Evidence-based Family Support Program for Parents and Children in Palestine: a Theory-based Intervention

Promoting Positive Family Futures is a group-based program that aims to help parents and their adolescent children (13-16 yrs) cope with chronic violence by developing emotional and cognitive awareness, learning constructive conflict resolution strategies, and developing family-wide emotional security and positive family relationships. Emotional Security Theory is the foundational conceptual model for the program, and as such, the PPFF focuses on promoting family-wide communication and establishing emotional security in both the family and community across multiple sessions.Firmly grounded the cultural context of Palestine, the intervention also incorporates intervention elements derived from social ecological theories of resilience, and cognitive behavioral approaches to coping. In total, the program includes 8 sessions lasting approximately 1.5 hours each.

Families assigned to the TAU condition will participate in a common service offered by both PCC and CRS - a weekly adolescent-only support group. Both CRS and PCC conduct extended group programs for children and adolescents (24 sessions at PCC; 25 sessions at CRS).