Parent-based therapies for preschool attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a randomized, controlled trial with a community sample
Parent-based therapies for preschool attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a randomized, controlled trial with a community sample
Objective: To evaluate two different parent-based therapies for preschool attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a community sample.
Method: Three-year-old children displaying a preschool equivalent of ADHD (n = 78) were randomly assigned to either a parent training (PT;n = 30), a parent counseling and support (PC&S;n = 28), or a waiting-list control group (n = 20). The PT group received coaching in child management techniques. The PC&S group received nondirective support and counseling. Measures of child symptoms and mothers' well-being were taken before and after intervention and at 15 weeks follow-up.
Results: ADHD symptoms were reduced (F2,74 = 11.64;p < .0001) and mothers' sense of well-being was increased by PT relative to both other groups (F2,74 = 10.32;p < .005). Fifty-three percent of children in the PT group displayed clinically significant improvement ([chi]2 = 4.08;p = .048).
Conclusions: PT is a valuable treatment for preschool ADHD. PC&S had little effect on children's behavior. Constructive training in parenting strategies is an important element in the success of parent-based interventions. Psychostimulants are not a necessary component of effective treatment for many children with preschool ADHD.
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Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J.S.
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Daley, David
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Thompson, Margaret
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Laver-Bradbury, Cathy
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Weeks, Anne
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2001
Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J.S.
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Thompson, Margaret
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Laver-Bradbury, Cathy
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Weeks, Anne
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Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J.S., Daley, David, Thompson, Margaret, Laver-Bradbury, Cathy and Weeks, Anne
(2001)
Parent-based therapies for preschool attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a randomized, controlled trial with a community sample.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40 (4), .
(doi:10.1097/00004583-200104000-00008).
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate two different parent-based therapies for preschool attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a community sample.
Method: Three-year-old children displaying a preschool equivalent of ADHD (n = 78) were randomly assigned to either a parent training (PT;n = 30), a parent counseling and support (PC&S;n = 28), or a waiting-list control group (n = 20). The PT group received coaching in child management techniques. The PC&S group received nondirective support and counseling. Measures of child symptoms and mothers' well-being were taken before and after intervention and at 15 weeks follow-up.
Results: ADHD symptoms were reduced (F2,74 = 11.64;p < .0001) and mothers' sense of well-being was increased by PT relative to both other groups (F2,74 = 10.32;p < .005). Fifty-three percent of children in the PT group displayed clinically significant improvement ([chi]2 = 4.08;p = .048).
Conclusions: PT is a valuable treatment for preschool ADHD. PC&S had little effect on children's behavior. Constructive training in parenting strategies is an important element in the success of parent-based interventions. Psychostimulants are not a necessary component of effective treatment for many children with preschool ADHD.
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