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Katzmann, Josepha, Hautmann, Christopher, Greimel, Lisa, Imort, Stephanie, Pinior, Julia, Scholz, Kristin and Doepfner, Manfred (2017). Behavioral and Nondirective Guided Self-Help for Parents of Children with Externalizing Behavior: Mediating Mechanisms in a Head-To-Head Comparison. J. Abnorm. Child Psychol., 45 (4). S. 719 - 731. NEW YORK: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. ISSN 1573-2835

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Abstract

Parent training (PT) delivered as a guided self-help intervention may be a cost- and time-effective intervention in the treatment of children with externalizing disorders. In face-to-face PT, parenting strategies have repeatedly been identified as mediating mechanisms for the decrease of children's problem behavior. Few studies have examined possible mediating effects in guided self-help interventions for parents. The present study aimed to investigate possible mediating variables of a behaviorally oriented guided self-help program for parents of children with externalizing problems compared to a nondirective intervention in a clinical sample. A sample of 110 parents of children with externalizing disorders (80 % boys) were randomized to either a behaviorally oriented or a nondirective guided self-help program. Four putative mediating variables were examined simultaneously in a multiple mediation model using structural equation modelling. The outcomes were child symptoms of ADHD and ODD as well as child externalizing problems, assessed at posttreatment. Analyses showed a significant indirect effect for dysfunctional parental attributions in favor of the group receiving the behavioral program, and significant effects of the behavioral program on positive and negative parenting and parental self-efficacy, compared to the nondirective intervention. Our results indicate that a decrease of dysfunctional parental attributions leads to a decrease of child externalizing problems when parents take part in a behaviorally oriented guided self-help program. However, none of the putative mediating variables could explain the decrease in child externalizing behavior problems in the nondirective group. A change in dysfunctional parental attributions should be considered as a possible mediator in the context of PT.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Katzmann, Josepha UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hautmann, Christopher UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Greimel, Lisa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Imort, Stephanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pinior, Julia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Scholz, Kristin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Doepfner, Manfred UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-233283
DOI:	10.1007/s10802-016-0195-z
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Abnorm. Child Psychol.
Volume:	45
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 719 - 731
Date:	2017
Publisher:	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-2835
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CONDUCT PROBLEMS; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENTS; MATERNAL ATTRIBUTIONS; FAMILY INTERVENTION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW-UP; MODERATORS; METAANALYSIS Multiple languages Psychology, Clinical; Psychology, Developmental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23328