Results showed that parents in the intervention group reported a greater decrease in child behavioral problems (d = 0.45), dysfunctional parenting practices (d = 0.69), parental stress (d = 0.44), and a greater increase in parenting confidence (d = 0.45) in comparison to parents in
the waitlist control group at post intervention.
Not exact matches
The Stretching
group had higher increases than the
Waitlist Control group starting
at month 3, but there were fewer differences between the two
groups.
Studies that compare two (or more) different treatment approaches, compare a treatment to a
waitlist or placebo
control, or compare
group to individual therapy would all be welcome at Group Dyna
group to individual therapy would all be welcome
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Group Dynamics.
Summary: (To include comparison
groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) Participants who had been randomly assigned to receive a
group cognitive - behavioral therapy (GCBT), individual cognitive - behavioral therapy (ICBT)[now called Coping Cat], or to a
waitlist control group (WL) were re-assessed
at one year post-treatment using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children (ADIS - C).
Results showed
at 6 - month follow - up that compared to the
waitlist control group, significant intervention effects were found for disruptive child behavior, ineffective parenting practices, parenting confidence, as well as clinically significant improvements on child behavior and parenting.
At the conclusion of the 7 - 8 week waiting period subjects in the
waitlist control group completed the postassessment measures and subsequently participated in a CWD - A
group.
Results indicate that both treatment
groups significantly improved
at posttreatment, with substantial reductions in diagnosis and depression scores and improvement in behaviors targeted by the CWD - A, whereas the
waitlist control group improved very little.
Results indicated
at 6 - month follow - up that compared to the
waitlist control group, significant effects were found for measures of problem child behavior, dysfunctional parenting styles, and parents» confidence in the parenting role in the Level 3 Triple P Discussion G
group, significant effects were found for measures of problem child behavior, dysfunctional parenting styles, and parents» confidence in the parenting role in the Level 3 Triple P Discussion
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Limitations include small sample size, no
control group at postintervention follow - up time points listed below as
waitlist group was offered enrollment in a CWD - A
group immediately following the postintervention interview, generalizability due to gender of participants, and subjects were actively recruited and did not constitute a representative clinical sample.
Because the literature showed that maternal psychological distress increases with child sleep and behavioral disturbance, it was hypothesized that mothers» attendance
at the program would have a positive effect on their psychosocial well - being and parenting satisfaction, while mothers who were in the
waitlist control group would experience no change in maternal distress over the waiting period.
ABFT, however, is a 12 - week program; thus, it is only possible to test for differences in the outcomes for the
waitlist control group with those of the ABFT
group at six weeks, one - half of the full duration of ABFT.