The effectiveness of a self-help parenting program (with and without telephone support) targeting hyperactive and/or disruptive behavior in school aged children: a randomized controlled trial.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam0 sites102 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated: February 28, 2024

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•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.

•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.

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