title: Parents Plus Systemic, Solution-Focused Parent Training Programs: Description, Review of the Evidence Base, and Meta-Analysis.
abstract: Parents Plus (PP) programs are systemic, solution-focused, group-based interventions. They are designed for delivery in clinical and community settings as treatment programs for families with child-focused problems, such as behavioral difficulties, disruptive behavior disorders, and emotional disorders in young people with and without developmental disabilities. PP programs have been developed for families of preschoolers, preadolescent children, and teenagers, as well as for separated or divorced families. Seventeen evaluation studies involving over 1,000 families have shown that PP programs have a significant impact on child behavior problems, goal attainment, and parental satisfaction and stress. The effect size of 0.57 (p < .001) from a meta-analysis of 10 controlled studies for child behavior problems compares favorably with those of meta-analyses of other well-established parent training programs with large evidence bases. In controlled studies, PP programs yielded significant (p < .001) effect sizes for goal attainment (d = 1.51), parental satisfaction (d = 0.78), and parental stress reduction (d = 0.54). PP programs may be facilitated by trained front-line mental health and educational professionals.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hartnett
authors.affiliation: Parents Plus, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brosnan
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.|Parents Plus, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sharry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*
keywords: Capacitación de los Padres; Intervención Sistémica Centrada en los Niños; Parent Training; Solution-Focused Therapy; Systemic Child-Focused Intervention; Terapia Centrada en las Soluciones; 家长培训; 着重解决方案的心理治疗; 系统以孩子为中心的干预措施