Early Pathways Therapy for Young Children in Poverty: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors

Sara E. Harris, Marquette University
Robert A. Fox, Marquette UniversityFollow
Joanna R. Love, Marquette University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

15 p.

Publication Date

6-2015

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Source Publication

Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation

Source ISSN

2150-1378

Abstract

Early Pathways is a home-based, parent and child therapy program for the treatment of disruptive behaviors among young children living in poverty. In this study, 199 clinically referred children were randomly assigned to an immediate treatment (IT) or wait-list control (WL) conditions. Results indicated that parents in the IT condition reported significant improvements in their child’s disruptive and prosocial behaviors and increased nurturing and decreased use of corporal and verbal punishment by their parents compared to the WL families. Gains were maintained for children in both the IT and WL conditions at 3-month follow-up.

Comments

Published version. Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, Vol. 6, No. 1 (June 2015): 3-17. DOI. © 2015 SAGE Publications. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Harris, Sara E.; Fox, Robert A.; and Love, Joanna R., "Early Pathways Therapy for Young Children in Poverty: A Randomized Controlled Trial" (2015). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 378.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/378