A cognitive behavioural parenting intervention reduced conduct problems in children and improved parenting skill and confidence
Q Does a community based cognitive behavioural parenting intervention delivered by a voluntary sector organisation reduce conduct problems in clinically referred children and improve parenting skill and confidence?
METHODS
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
concealed.
Blinding:
blinded {data collectors, researchers coding videotapes, and data analysts}.*
Follow up period:
6 months.
Setting:
9 sites (including community and family centres and church halls) in the UK.
Patients:
76 families with children 2–9 years of age (74% boys) who were referred for conduct problems by primary healthcare workers, social workers, other professionals, or their own families and scored >10 on the Eyberg problem scale. Exclusion criteria were children with severe disabilities or in temporary care, drug addiction in parents, and previous participation in programmes by the Family Nurturing Network.
Intervention:
Webster-Stratton’s Incredible Years parenting programme …
