title: Predicting treatment and follow-up attrition in parent-child interaction therapy.
abstract: Predictors of attrition from individual parent-child interaction therapy were examined for 99 families of preschoolers with disruptive behavior disorders. Seventy-one percent of treatment dropouts were identified by lower SES, more maternal negative talk, and less maternal total praise at pretreatment. Following PCIT, families were randomly assigned to an Assessment-Only or Maintenance Treatment condition. Higher maternal distress predicted 63% of dropouts in the Assessment-Only condition. Lower maternal intellectual functioning predicted 83% of dropouts from Maintenance Treatment. Findings highlight a continuing need for evidence-based retention strategies at various phases of engagement in PCIT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Melanie.Fernandez@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Melanie A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Sheila M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Eyberg
mesh_terms: D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires