title: Prevention for preschoolers at high risk for conduct problems: immediate outcomes on parenting practices and child social competence.
abstract: This study investigated the immediate impact of an 8-month center- and home-based prevention program for preschoolers at high risk for conduct problems. We report immediate program effects on observed and self-rated parenting practices and observed child behavior with peers. Ninety-nine preschool-age siblings of adjudicated youths and their families were randomly assigned to an enhanced version of the Incredible Years Series (Webster-Stratton, 1989; n = 50) or to a no-intervention control condition (n = 49). In an intent-to-treat design, the intervention yielded significant effects on negative parenting, parental stimulation for learning, and child social competence with peers. Improvements in negative parenting, stimulation for learning, and child social competence support the potential of the intervention to prevent later conduct problems in high-risk children.
authors.affiliation: NYU Child Study Center, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA. laurie.brotman@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Laurie Miller
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Brotman
authors.forename: Kathleen Kiely
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Gouley
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chesir-Teran
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.forename: Rachel G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shrout
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010379:Peer Group; D012307:Risk Factors; D012919:Social Behavior