title: Maintenance of treatment gains: a comparison of enhanced, standard, and self-directed Triple P-Positive Parenting Program.
abstract: This report describes the 3 year outcomes of three different variants of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program, a behavioural family intervention. Families were randomly assigned to one of three intervention conditions or to a waitlist condition. At 1 year follow-up there were similar improvements on observational and self-report measures of preschooler disruptive behaviour for Enhanced, Standard and Self Directed variants of Triple P. At 3 year follow-up (completed by 139 families), each condition showed a similar level of maintenance of intervention effects. Approximately 2/3 of preschoolers who were clinically elevated on measures of disruptive behaviour at pre-intervention moved from the clinical to the non-clinical range. Across conditions, there was a comparable preventive effect for each intervention for these high risk children. The implications of the findings for the development of brief, cost effective parenting interventions within a public health framework are discussed.
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. matts@psy.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bor
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morawska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D001315:Australia; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005178:Faculty; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires