title: Help when it's needed first: a controlled evaluation of brief, preventive behavioral family intervention in a primary care setting.
abstract: This study evaluated the effects of a brief 3- to 4-session behavioral family intervention program for parents of preschool-aged children in a primary care setting, compared to parents in a wait-list control condition. Parents receiving the Primary Care Triple P-Positive Parenting Program intervention reported significantly lower levels of targeted child behavior problems, dysfunctional parenting, and reduced parental anxiety and stress in comparison to wait-listed parents at postassessment. These short-term effects were largely maintained at 6-month follow-up assessment of the intervention group. Implications of these findings for the prevention of behavioral and emotional problems in children are discussed.
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. kturner@psy.uq.au
authors.forename: Karen M T
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires