Abstract
Objective: To determine if a nurse-led or psychologist-led parent-training program was more successful than a minimal intervention in treating early childhood Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in pediatric primary care. Methods: Twenty-four practices were randomized to conditions in which parents of 117, 3- to 6.11-year-olds with ODD received the 12-session Webster-Stratton Incredible Years program led by primary care nurses or clinical psychologists, or to a minimal intervention group in which parents received only the companion book to the treatment program. Results: There was improvement across posttreatment and 12-month follow-up for all groups, but no overall treatment group effects. There was a dose effect, with a reliable, clinically significant gain after seven sessions on the Eyberg intensity scale, and nine sessions on the Child Behavior Checklist externalizing scale. Conclusions: There is little advantage to the therapist-led treatment over bibliotherapy unless parents attend a significant number of sessions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 449-461 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of pediatric psychology |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2008 |
Keywords
- Oppositional defiant disorder
- Parent training
- Primary care
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health