A Controlled Parenting Skills Outcome Study Examining Individual Difference and Attendance Effects

Effects of a preventive parent-training intervention on observed family interactions: proximal outcomes from preparing for the drug free years

“…Previous uncontrolled studies of this program in universal prevention initiatives have found significant changes in participants' knowledge and attitudes regarding the parenting practices addressed in each PDFY session (Catalano, Kosterman, Haggerty, Hawkins, & Spoth, in press;Hawkins, Catalano, & Kent, 1991). Other recent analyses have demonstrated positive effects of PDFY participation on parents' selfreported behaviors, and on global assessments (combining self-report and observational measures) of general parenting improvement (Kosterman, Hawkins, Haggerty, Spoth, & Redmond, 1996;Spoth, Redmond, Haggerty, & Ward, 1995). The present analysis extends these findings by providing an experimental assessment of intervention-specific PDFY effects on actual parental behavior observed in videotaped family interactions.…”

Parental Social Cognitions: Considerations in the Acceptability of and Engagement in Behavioral Parent Training

“…Although a study from the Fast Track Project found that pre-treatment parenting efficacy was not correlated with the rate or quality of participation in BPT (Orrell-Valente et al 1999), several studies examining child treatment more generally have linked parenting efficacy to parents' intentions to refer their children for treatment (Maniadaki et al 2006) and to treatment outcomes (Hoza et al 2000;Spoth et al 1995). In addition, self-efficacy in general is related to several characteristics that might be expected to influence acceptability of and engagement in BPT.…”

A test of the social development model to predict problem behaviour during the elementary school period

“…Family programmes with these parents should also seek to reduce parent modelling of problem behaviour. Programmes that do this explicitly with this age-group include Focus on Families Catalano et al, 1999), Preparing for the Drug Free Years (Spoth et al 1995(Spoth et al , 1998Kosterman et al, 1997), the Parent and Child Videotape Series (Webster-Stratton, 1984, and the Strengthening Families Program (DeMarsh and Kumpfer, 1986;Forehand and McMahon, 1981;Forehand and Long, 1996). This paper tested the fit and strength of the social development model within the family context to predict problem behaviour in elementary schoolaged children.…”