Parent training plus contingency management for substance abusing families: a Complier Average Causal Effects (CACE) analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children of substance abusers are at risk for behavioral/emotional problems. To improve outcomes for these children, we developed and tested an intervention that integrated a novel contingency management (CM) program designed to enhance compliance with an empirically-validated parent training curriculum. CM provided incentives for daily monitoring of parenting and child behavior, completion of home practice assignments, and session attendance.

Methods

Forty-seven mothers with substance abuse or dependence were randomly assigned to parent training+incentives (PTI) or parent training without incentives (PT). Children were 55% male, ages 2-7 years.

Results

Homework completion and session attendance did not differ between PTI and PT mothers, but PTI mothers had

SUBMITTER: Stanger C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3162088 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature