Common Sense Parenting (CSP) Learn at Home Kit: A Clinical Effectiveness Evaluation of a Commercially Available Video Training Program for Parents
Year: 2004
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Much has been made of the gap between psychotherapy research and clinical practice. Most current psychotherapy research is focused on what could be viewed as macro-level efficacy type issues, while practicing clinicians are often most concerned with micro-level effectiveness questions. The current study-an evaluation of a parent training (PT) program provides an example of how scientist-practitioners can contribute meaningfully to psychotherapy research by conducting small scale clinical effectiveness studies. Parent Training (PT) is a well established efficacious treatment approach for child disruptive behaviors and non-compliance. Recent research has also established that self-administered videotape PT programs may also be efficacious. A popular, commercially available, self-help video training program for parents-the Common Sense Parenting: Learn-at-Home Kit published by Boys Town Press-was the subject of this study. The results indicate that the CSP Learn-at-Home Kit was largely ineffective in reducing child disruptive behaviors. Results are discussed in the context of the efficacy/effectiveness distinction and the clinical research/clinical practice gap. Hypotheses about why the CSP Learn-at-Home program may be minimally effective are provided.
Author: Sean T. Smitham
Institution: Western Michigan University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2266897628