title: The effectiveness of parent management training to increase self-efficacy in parents of children with Asperger syndrome.
abstract: This study was a trial of an intervention programme aimed to improve parental self-efficacy in the management of problem behaviours associated with Asperger syndrome. The intervention was compared across two formats, a 1 day workshop and six individual sessions, and also with a non-intervention control group. The results indicated that, compared with the control group, parents in both intervention groups reported fewer problem behaviours and increased self-efficacy following the interventions, at both 4 weeks and 3 months follow-up. The results also showed a difference in self-efficacy between mothers and fathers, with mothers reporting a significantly greater increase in self-efficacy following intervention than fathers. There was no significant difference between the workshop format and the individual sessions.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia. kate@psy.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sofronoff
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farbotko
mesh_terms: D020817:Asperger Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*