TY - JOUR
T1 - Randomized Prevention Trial for Early Conduct Problems
T2 - Effects on Proactive Parenting and Links to Toddler Disruptive Behavior
AU - Gardner, Frances
AU - Shaw, Daniel S.
AU - Dishion, Thomas J.
AU - Burton, Jennifer
AU - Supplee, Lauren
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Despite knowledge of early pathways to conduct problems, few preventive interventions are specifically designed to modify disruptive behavior in toddlerhood. One potential prevention target is proactive and positive parenting, which is associated with reduced risk of conduct problems in preschoolers. This randomized trial with 120 low-income 2-year-old boys examined whether a brief family-centered intervention that reduces disruptive behavior (D. Shaw, T. Dishion, L. Supplee, F. Gardner, & K. Arnds, 2006) also leads to increases in proactive and positive parenting. It also explored whether change in parenting predicts change in disruptive behavior. In the intervention group, proactive and positive parenting skills increased among parents of 3-year-olds. Change in proactive and positive parenting of 2- to 3-year-old toddlers correlated with change in child disruptive behavior, although the mediation effect of positive parenting was of only borderline significance. Findings suggest that even within a brief and multifaceted preventive intervention, change in proactive parenting skills contributes modestly but significantly to change in child problem behavior.
AB - Despite knowledge of early pathways to conduct problems, few preventive interventions are specifically designed to modify disruptive behavior in toddlerhood. One potential prevention target is proactive and positive parenting, which is associated with reduced risk of conduct problems in preschoolers. This randomized trial with 120 low-income 2-year-old boys examined whether a brief family-centered intervention that reduces disruptive behavior (D. Shaw, T. Dishion, L. Supplee, F. Gardner, & K. Arnds, 2006) also leads to increases in proactive and positive parenting. It also explored whether change in parenting predicts change in disruptive behavior. In the intervention group, proactive and positive parenting skills increased among parents of 3-year-olds. Change in proactive and positive parenting of 2- to 3-year-old toddlers correlated with change in child disruptive behavior, although the mediation effect of positive parenting was of only borderline significance. Findings suggest that even within a brief and multifaceted preventive intervention, change in proactive parenting skills contributes modestly but significantly to change in child problem behavior.
KW - conduct problems
KW - disruptive behavior
KW - early childhood
KW - proactive/positive parenting
KW - randomized prevention trial
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U2 - 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.398
DO - 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.398
M3 - Article
C2 - 17874925
AN - SCOPUS:34748891726
SN - 0893-3200
VL - 21
SP - 398
EP - 406
JO - Journal of Family Psychology
JF - Journal of Family Psychology
IS - 3
ER -