The extended school aged Incredible Years parent programme.

Area of Science:

• Child Psychology
• Parenting Interventions
• Adolescent Behavioral Health

Background:

• The Incredible Years (IY) parent program targets parents of children aged 8-13 years.
• Focuses on children at risk for adolescent antisocial behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the outcomes of the Incredible Years (IY) parent program.
• Assesses impact on child behavior, parenting skills, and parental mental health.

Main Methods:

• Study included 280 parents of children aged 8-13 years.
• Utilized per protocol and intention-to-treat analyses.
• Employed paired t-tests to assess outcomes.

Main Results:

• Significant improvements observed in child behavior problems (ECBI) for both analysis groups (p < .001).
• Statistically significant enhancements in parental depression.
• Demonstrated significant improvements in parenting skills.

Conclusions:

• The Incredible Years School Aged program effectively enhances child behavior.
• The program improves parenting competencies and parental mental health.
• Results support the program's efficacy for parents of 8-13 year olds.