title: Enhancing traditional behavioral parent training for single mothers of children with ADHD.
abstract: Behavioral parent training is an efficacious treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, single-mother households are at high risk for poor outcomes during and following behavioral parent training. This study randomly assigned cohorts of 120 single mothers of children (ages 5-12 years) with ADHD to a waitlist control group, a traditional behavioral parent training program, or an enhanced behavioral parent training program -- the Strategies to Enhance Positive Parenting (STEPP) program. Intent-to-treat analysis demonstrated benefits of participating in behavioral parent training, in general, and the STEPP program more specifically at immediate posttreatment on child and parental functioning. Moreover, the STEPP program resulted in increased engagement to treatment. However, results indicated that behavioral parent training does not normalize behavior for most children and treatment gains are not maintained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA. anil.chacko@qc.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chacko
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Wymbs
authors.forename: Frances A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Wymbs
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Pelham
authors.forename: Michelle S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Swanger-Gagne
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Girio
authors.forename: Lauma
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pirvics
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guzzo
authors.forename: Carlie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Briannon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011340:Problem Solving; D016730:Program Development; D015406:Single Parent