Trial reportJournal of abnormal child psychology2014
Does maintenance treatment matter?
Trial report in Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Intervention and Implementation Characteristics to Enhance Father Engagement: A Systematic Review of Parenting Interventions.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Pooled it
- Behavioral Parent Training in Infancy: What About the Parent-Infant Relationship?Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2018Trial
- Group parent-child interaction therapy: A randomized control trial for the treatment of conduct problems in young children.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016Trial
- Behavioral Parent Training in Infancy: A Window of Opportunity for High-Risk Families.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2016Trial
- Direct and Indirect Effects of Behavioral Parent Training on Infant Language Production.Behavior therapy · 2016Trial
- Randomized Trial of First-Line Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Need for Medication in Children with ADHD.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Trial
- Imitation in Hispanic/Latine Children with Developmental Delay and Their Caregivers Following a Remote Parenting Intervention.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Trial
- A coach-supported, digital parenting programme for parents of adolescents at risk of suicide: pilot trial of acceptability, feasibility, validity and short-term effects.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- A coach-assisted, online parenting programme to support parents of adolescents who refuse school: evidence of acceptability and feasibility.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- An Open Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Group and Individual Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2025Article
- Behavior Management in Young Children Exposed to Trauma: A Case Study of Three Evidence-Based Treatments.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Group Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Problem Behaviors in Chinese Kindergartners.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Improving the Quality of Children's Mental Health Care with Progress Measures: A Mixed-Methods Study of PCIT Therapist Attitudes.Administration and policy in mental health · 2022Article
- Parent Training and Skill Acquisition and Utilization Among Spanish- and English-Speaking Latino Families.Journal of child and family studies · 2018Article
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: current perspectives.Psychology research and behavior management · 2017Review
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) in a Predominately Hispanic, Low-Income Sample.Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment · 2015Article
- Parent training: equivalent improvement in externalizing behavior for children with and without familial risk.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2014Article
- More than afterthoughts and details: maintenance and booster effects as critical elements of intervention research.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2014Article
- Treating Child Disruptive Behavior in High-Risk Families: A Comparative Effectiveness Trial from a Community-Based Implementation.Journal of child and family studiesArticle
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3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
This study examined the effects of a two-year maintenance treatment assessed at 1 and 2 years following Parent-child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Sixty-one of 100 clinic-referred children (M age = 4 years, 4 months) originally diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) completed the standard treatment and were then randomized to PCIT maintenance treatment (MT) or to an assessment-only follow-up condition (AO). Rating scale and observational measures from fathers, mothers, and children were collected before and after standard treatment and at one- and two-year follow-up assessments. Maintenance treatment involved monthly telephone contacts from the original therapist focused on relapse prevention based on principles of PCIT. At the two-year follow-up, MT families showed few changes from post-treatment, as expected. However, the expected decrements for AO control families were not seen. Few differences between MT and AO were found at either follow-up assessment, and there were no significant differences in the rates of change during follow-up. The maintenance of gains among AO families may have resulted from the continuous enhancement of standard treatment or from inadvertent reinforcement for maintenance provided by the assessments of change alone.
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