title: An examination of a Group Curriculum for parents of young children with disruptive behavior.
abstract: This study examined effectiveness of a Group Curriculum (GC) for parents of 3- to 6- year-old children with disruptive behavior. The curriculum is based on the book Parenting the Strong-Willed Child. A total of 39 parents were randomly assigned to the GC condition or a wait-list control condition. Assessments occurred at baseline, postintervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 2-month follow-up. Findings indicated that the GC condition was associated with lower levels of child problem behavior and improved parenting at postintervention relative to the control condition. Parents were also satisfied with the intervention. Uncontrolled 2-month follow-up data suggested that changes were maintained from postintervention to follow-up for all outcome measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA. Rex.Forehand@uvm.edu
authors.forename: Rex L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Forehand
authors.forename: Mary Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parent
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Linnea
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index