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A small-scale randomized controlled trial of the self-help version of the New Forest Parent Training Programme for children with ADHD symptoms.
- Source :
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Sep2013, Vol. 22 Issue 9, p543-552, 10p, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The efficacy of a self-help parent training programme for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was evaluated. The New Forest Parenting Programme Self-help (NFPP-SH) is a 6-week written self-help psychological intervention designed to treat childhood ADHD. Forty-three children were randomised to either NFPP-SH intervention or a waiting list control group. Outcomes were child ADHD symptoms measured using questionnaires and direct observation, self-reported parental mental health, parenting competence, and the quality of parent-child interaction. Measures of child symptoms and parental outcomes were assessed before and after the intervention. ADHD symptoms were reduced, and parental competence was increased by self-help intervention. Forty-five percent of intervention children showed clinically significant reductions in ADHD symptoms. Self-help intervention did not lead to improvements in parental mental health or parent-child interaction. Findings provide support for the efficacy of self-help intervention for a clinical sample of children with ADHD symptoms. Self-help may provide a potentially cost-effective method of increasing access to evidence-based interventions for clinical populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TREATMENT of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
EDUCATION of parents
HEALTH self-care
ANALYSIS of covariance
ANALYSIS of variance
FATHERS
MOTHERS
SCIENTIFIC observation
HEALTH outcome assessment
PARENT-child relationships
PARENTING
QUESTIONNAIRES
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
VIDEO recording
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
INTER-observer reliability
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
EVALUATION of human services programs
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10188827
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90015680
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-013-0396-8