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Bringing parenting interventions back to the future: How randomized microtrials may benefit parenting intervention efficacy.

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: A novel approach is needed to promote the efficacy of parenting interventions designed to improve children's mental health. The proposed approach bridges developmental and intervention science to test which intervention elements contribute to parenting intervention program efficacy. The approach encourages the field to move "back to the future" using stringent, focused experimental techniques to test discrete parenting techniques (e.g., praise, time-out) on their merit. We argue that these randomized microtrials are needed to (a) distinguish between the less and more efficacious elements of parenting interventions, (b) illuminate for whom and under what conditions elements are efficacious, and (c) explore the potential for empirically supported tailoring of interventions to meet families' specific needs.

Source: Clinical Psychology Science and Practice

DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12087

Authors: Patty Leijten, Thomas J. Dishion, Sander Thomaes, Maartje A. J. Raaijmakers, Bram Orobio de Castro, Walter Matthys

Institutions: Utrecht University, Arizona State University, University of Southampton

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1998655419

FWCI: 16.56

Cites: 78

Cited by: 89

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