Waitlist control group mothers were invited to attend COS - P sessions and received the same compensation as intervention group mothers.
Not exact matches
Mothers were randomly assigned either to the COS - P intervention
group or to a
waitlist control group.
Mothers were randomly assigned to the Mellow Babies intervention or a
waitlist control group.
It was also hypothesized that
mothers participating in the program would report positive and meaningful changes in their child's behavior, while
mothers in the
waitlist control group would continue to report the same level of difficulties with their child's behavior.
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.