Parental Functioning in Families for Behavioral Parent Training and Importance of Clinically Meaningful Change

Authors

Alyson C. Gerdes, Marquette UniversityFollow
Lauren M. Haack, Marquette University
Brian W. Schneider, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

10 p.

Publication Date

2011

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Source Publication

Journal of Attention Disorders

Source ISSN

1087-0547

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1177/1087054710381482

Abstract

Objective/Method: Statistically significant and clinically meaningful effects of behavioral parent training on parental functioning were examined for 20 children with ADHD and their parents who had successfully completed a psychosocial treatment for ADHD.

Results/Conclusion: Findings suggest that behavioral parent training resulted in statistically significant improvements in some domains of parenting behavior for both mothers and fathers and in reductions in most domains of parenting stress for mothers. Importantly, clinically meaningful change also was noted for these parental functioning areas, as well as for other domains of parental functioning that did not result in statistically significant findings. Clinical implications are discussed.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Attention Disorders Vol. 16, No. 2 (2012): 147-156, DOI. © 2012 SAGE Publications. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Gerdes, Alyson C.; Haack, Lauren M.; and Schneider, Brian W., "Parental Functioning in Families for Behavioral Parent Training and Importance of Clinically Meaningful Change" (2011). Psychology Faculty Research and Publications. 18.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/18