title: Maternal Depression and Parent Management Training Outcomes.
abstract: This study examines the impact of maternal depression on reductions in children's behavior problems severity following implementation of the Brief Behavioral Intervention-a brief, manualized parent management training treatment. The parents of 87 children aged 2-6 years of age received parent management training at a metropolitan hospital. Parents of participants completed measures of externalizing behavior and maternal depression. The association between pre-post treatment change in externalizing behavior and maternal depression was examined using an autoregressive cross-lagged model. Results showed that self-reported maternal depressive symptoms at pre-treatment negatively influenced the overall magnitude of reduction of reported externalizing behaviors in children following treatment. Results indicate that aspects of family functioning not specifically targeted by parent management training, such as maternal depression, significantly affect treatment outcomes. Clinicians providing parent management training may benefit from assessing for maternal depression and modifying treatment as indicated.
authors.affiliation: Section of Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine, Psychology Service, Texas Children's Hospital, 8080 N Stadium Drive Ste. 180, Houston, TX, USA. dempsey@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dempsey
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McQuillin
authors.affiliation: Section of Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine, Psychology Service, Texas Children's Hospital, 8080 N Stadium Drive Ste. 180, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.affiliation: Section of Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine, Psychology Service, Texas Children's Hospital, 8080 N Stadium Drive Ste. 180, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Marni E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Axelrad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders; D003863:Depression; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents
keywords: Brief behavioral intervention; Externalizing; Maternal depression; Parent management training; Treatment outcome