Transactional Analysis Based Online Group Intervention in Enhancing Parental Sense of Competence among Parents in Thailand: A Quasi- Experimental Study

This quasi-experimental study explored the effectiveness of a brief Transactional Analysis-based online group intervention in enhancing parental sense of competence among parents in Thailand. Parenting interventions risk being symbolic rather than a transformative experience due to lack of empirical evaluations. This study aimed to bridge the gap between practice and evidence by offering data-informed insights that can be used to refine parenting interventions. The study employed a quasi-experimental study to explore the effectiveness of a brief, single session, Transactional Analysisbased online group intervention. The intervention grounded in self-efficacy theory, introduced key Transactional Analysis concepts such as ego states, transactions, and parenting scripts. Pretest-posttest measures were taken using Parenting Sense of Competence Scale–Revised (PSOC-R). Results in the experimental group’s posttest scores (M=60.5) compared with pretest scores (M=52.9) demonstrated an increase in PSOC-R scores. These findings suggest that a brief, structured, Transactional Analysisbased online group intervention may enhance parental sense of competence highlighting it’s potential to support refinement of parenting interventions. The findings hold valuable implications for school counsellors, wellbeing teams, educators, and policymakers in developing theory grounded, data-informed parenting interventions.