The effectiveness of the self-help parenting program (with and without telephone support): a randomized controlled trial.

Recruiting

Conditions: ADHD, ODD, behavioral problems, disruptive behavior

Registration Number: NL-OMON26832

Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 102

Inclusion Criteria

1. Child is aged between 4 to 12
2. Child shows hyperactive, impulsive and/or disruptive behavior at home (with or without a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or Oppositional Defiant Disorder), confirmed by a clinical score (> 80th percentile) on the externalizing scale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire rated by parents (Van Widenfelt, Goedhart, Treffers, & Goodman, 2003), and a xx score on the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children IV as assessed by parents, (Disc_IV;Shaffer, Fisher, Lucas, Hilsenroth, & Segal, 2004.)
3. Parents indicate that they are in need of guidance to cope with hyperactive and/or disruptive behavior of their child.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Parent(s) is/are taking part in a parent training during six months before start of the intervention period.
2. Parents are taking part in another parent training/in parent counselling/ in child counselling that also involves parents, directed at hyperactive or disruptive behavior of the child at home, during the intervention period.
3. Child uses medication for ADHD which is not yet optimized in dose at the start of treatment (indicated by a dose change in the last two months).
4. More than two weeks of holiday away from home are planned during the intervention period.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
-Daily problem behavior, assessed by daily assessments of fourteen problem behaviors, which are targeted by the parenting program. These behaviors are based on the List of Target Behavior (LTB; zie (Van Den Hoofdakker et al., 2007)). At all measurement points, during four consecutive school days parents will be asked (during short phone calls by a research assistant) if the target behaviors had been present in the past 24 hours and, if yes, to provide severity ratings of these behaviors on a 5-point Likert scale.<br>-Disruptive behavior of the child, assessed with the Dutch version of the Eyberg Child and Behavior Inventory (ECBI; (Eyberg & Pincus, 1999)), filled out by parents. <br>

Secondary Outcome Measures