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Paternal influences on treatment outcome of behavioral parent training in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Authors: Barbara J. van den Hoofdakker, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Lianne van der Veen-Mulders, Sjoerd Sytema, Paul M. G. Emmelkamp, Ruud B. Minderaa, Maaike H. Nauta

Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Issue 11/2014

Abstract

This study aims to explore the influence of paternal variables on outcome of behavioral parent training (BPT) in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 83 referred, school-aged children with ADHD were randomly assigned to BPT plus ongoing routine clinical care (RCC) or RCC alone. Treatment outcome was based on parent-reported ADHD symptoms and behavioral problems. Moderator variables included paternal ADHD symptoms, depressive symptoms, and parenting self-efficacy. We conducted repeated measures analyses of variance (ANOVA) for all variables, and then analyzed the direction of interaction effects by repeated measures ANOVA in high and low scoring subgroups. Paternal ADHD symptoms and parenting self-efficacy played a moderating role in decreasing behavioral problems, but not in decreasing ADHD symptoms. Paternal depressive symptoms did not moderate either treatment outcome. BPT is most beneficial in reducing children’s behavioral problems when their fathers have high levels of ADHD symptoms or high-parenting self-efficacy.

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Title: Paternal influences on treatment outcome of behavioral parent training in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Authors: Barbara J. van den Hoofdakker
Pieter J. Hoekstra
Lianne van der Veen-Mulders
Sjoerd Sytema
Paul M. G. Emmelkamp
Ruud B. Minderaa
Maaike H. Nauta
Publication date: 01-11-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Issue 11/2014
Print ISSN: 1018-8827
Electronic ISSN: 1435-165X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0557-4

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