Varying Treatment Intensity in a Home-Based Parent and Child Therapy Program for Families Living in Poverty: A Randomized Clinic Trial

Authors

Robert A. Fox, Marquette UniversityFollow
Jennifer Carrasco, Marquette University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

10 p.

Publication Date

2012

Publisher

Wiley

Source Publication

Journal of Community Psychology

Source ISSN

0090-4392

Abstract

This study addressed the question of whether increasing the intensity of a parent and child therapy program would improve results for young children with significant behavior problems from families living in poverty. Children were randomly assigned to either a standard condition or an intensity condition that provided 50% more treatment over a standard 8-week treatment period. Based on multiple parent-report, direct observation, and clinician-report measures of the children and their caregivers, both groups improved on all measures from pretest to posttest and from pretest to follow-up. No differences in outcomes were found between the standard and intensity groups at posttest or follow-up. These counterintuitive results are discussed within the parent and child intervention literature. Also, the heuristic potential of this study to encourage continued research with this challenging population is addressed.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 40, No. 5 (July 2012): 621-630. DOI. © 2012 Wiley. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Fox, Robert A. and Carrasco, Jennifer, "Varying Treatment Intensity in a Home-Based Parent and Child Therapy Program for Families Living in Poverty: A Randomized Clinic Trial" (2012). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 213.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/213