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Are parental changes related to improvements in preschool children's disruptive behaviours?

Lianne van der Veen-Mulders1, Pieter J Hoekstra1, Maaike H Nauta2

  • 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
|October 16, 2019
PubMed

Insights

Behavioral parent training improved parenting skills, leading to fewer disruptive behaviors in preschool children. Reduced parental over-reactivity was key to these positive outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Parenting Interventions
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Preschool children's disruptive behaviors pose significant challenges for families.
  • Behavioral parent training (BPT) is a common intervention aimed at improving parenting and child behavior.
  • Effectiveness of BPT in routine clinical care requires ongoing investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if changes in parenting following BPT in clinical settings correlate with improvements in preschool children's disruptive behaviors.
  • To compare parenting parameters in a clinical sample receiving BPT with a nonclinical sample.

Main Methods:

  • A pretest-posttest design was used to evaluate changes in parenting practices, parenting sense of competence, and child disruptive behaviors in 63 parents post-BPT.
  • Maternal and paternal self-reports were utilized to assess parenting parameters.
  • Parenting data from the clinical sample was compared to a nonclinical control group (n=121).

Main Results:

  • Mothers reported significant improvements in parental discipline practices and parenting sense of competence after BPT.
  • Decreased parental over-reactivity in both mothers and fathers was associated with a reduction in child disruptive behaviors.
  • Post-BPT, mothers' discipline technique ratings were comparable to those of the nonclinical sample.

Conclusions:

  • Positive shifts in parental discipline, specifically reduced over-reactivity, are linked to a decrease in disruptive child behaviors.
  • Behavioral parent training can lead to measurable improvements in parenting that positively impact preschooler conduct.
  • Findings support the utility of BPT in clinical practice for addressing disruptive behaviors in young children.
Abstract

Keywords:
behavioural parent trainingdisruptive behaviourparentingpreschoolers

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