The Effectiveness of Parent Management Training-Oregon Model in Clinically Referred Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems in The Netherlands.
The present study examined the effectiveness of parent management training-Oregon model (PMTO) as a treatment for children with externalizing behavior problems in The Netherlands. Clinically referred children (N = 146) aged 4-11 years and their parents were partly randomized to either PMTO (n = 91) or Care As Usual (CAU; n = 55). Families were assessed at four time points: at pretreatment, and after 6, 12, and 18 months. Results showed that both PMTO and CAU were effective in reducing child externalizing behavior, parenting stress and parental psychopathology, with no significant differences between the two treatment conditions. PMTO and CAU interventions also produced some improvements in self-reported parenting skills, but not in observed parenting skills. According to the Reliable Change Index, 16.9 and 45.8 % of the children within the PMTO group showed full recovery or improvement in externalizing behavior, respectively, versus 9.7 and 42.8 % in the CAU condition. Finally, the effect size of PMTO on parent-reported externalizing behavior problems as found in the present study was comparable to that found in previous studies evaluating PMTO as an intervention for this type of child psychopathology.
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Jill
J
Thijssen
Department of Methodology and Statistics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gerko
G
Vink
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Peter
P
Muris
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. corine.deruiter@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
Corine
C
de Ruiter
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004493:Education; D004505:Education, Nonprofessional / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D009426:Netherlands; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D000066553:Problem Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011599:Psychopathology; D057566:Self Report
Externalizing behavior problems; Parent management training; Parenting practices