Is parenting the mediator of change in behavioral parent training for externalizing problems of youth?

ABSTRACT: Change in parenting behavior is theorized to be the mediator accounting for change in child and adolescent externalizing problems in behavioral parent training (BPT). The purpose of this review is to examine this assumption in BPT prevention and intervention programs. Eight intervention and 17 prevention studies were identified as meeting all criteria or all but one criterion for testing mediation. Parenting behaviors were classified as positive, negative, discipline, monitoring/supervision, or a composite measure. Forty-five percent of the tests performed across studies to test mediation supported parenting as a mediator. A composite measure of parenting and discipline received the most support, whereas monitoring/supervision was rarely examined. More support for the mediating role of par

SUBMITTER: Forehand R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4254490 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature