Trial reportScientific reports2018
Randomized effectiveness Trial of the Family Check-Up versus Internet-delivered Parent Training (iComet) for Families of Children with Conduct Problems.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Parent Training Targeting Externalizing Behaviors in Children in Primary Care: A Randomized Non-inferiority Study of the Comet-program Delivered Via the Internet or in Group Format.
Effectiveness of the Cluster Randomized Comet-program Behavioral Preschool Teacher Training in Reducing Externalizing Behavior
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Beyond Clicks: A Systematic Review of How Engagement is Defined, Predicted, and Linked to Child Outcomes in Self-directed eHealth Preventive Parenting Programs.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Guided, Parent-Led Digital Interventions for Preadolescent Children with Emotional and Behavioural Problems.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Engaging Parents in Technology-Assisted Interventions for Childhood Adversity: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Mechanisms of Change in Digital Health Interventions for Mental Disorders in Youth: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- An internet-based parent management training program (Net PAMA) improves parenting outcomes in a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of a mobile-based self-directed parent management training for parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with or without oppositional defiant disorder- a randomized controlled trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of guided and unguided web-assisted self-help for parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder: A three-arm randomized controlled trial.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Trial
- Helping the Noncompliant Child and Child Behavior Outcomes: An Exploratory Examination of Financial Strain.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Trial
- Parent Management Training Combined with Group-CBT Compared to Parent Management Training Only for Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms: 2-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Trial
- Internet-Delivered Parent Training for Preschoolers with Conduct Problems: Do Callous-Unemotional Traits Moderate Efficacy and Engagement?Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020Trial
- Efficacy of web-assisted self-help for parents of children with ADHD (WASH) - a three-arm randomized trial under field/routine care conditions in Germany.BMC psychiatry · 2020Trial
- A brief universal parenting program for recently settled immigrants in Sweden: a feasibility study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Using a Design Thinking Approach to Develop a Social Media-Based Parenting Program for Parents of Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2023Article
- Evidence Base Update of Psychosocial Treatments for Adolescents with Disruptive Behavior.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2023Article
- The Family-Check-Up® Autism Implementation Research (FAIR) Study: protocol for a study evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of a family-centered intervention within a Canadian autism service setting.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Family-based treatments for disruptive behavior problems in children and adolescents: An updated review of rigorous studies (2014-April 2020).Journal of marital and family therapy · 2022Review
- Building a Culture of Prevention: Tasks for Multi-Taskers.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
We investigated the effectiveness of the Family Check-Up (FCU) and an Internet-based parent-training program (iComet), along with moderators and mediators of outcome. Families (N = 231) with a child with conduct problems were randomized to one of the conditions for 10 weeks of treatment. The drop-out rate was significantly higher in the iComet (39%) compared to FCU (23%). At post-treatment, both conditions resulted in significant improvement, based on parent-report, but no significant interaction between time and condition, with the exception of conduct problem subscale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, slightly favoring the FCU. Neither child, nor teacher reports indicated any significant changes on any of the investigated variables. At 1-, and 2-years follow-up, the gains from the treatment were maintained in both conditions, with basically no significant time X condition interactions. A significantly larger proportion of children in the FCU recovered at post-treatment with regard to opposition defiant behavior, inattention, and conduct problems, compared to the iComet, but almost none of these differences remained significant at 1-, and 2-years follow-up. None of the moderators (child age, parental income or education, or pre-treatment level of motivation) or mediators (limit setting, and appropriate or harsh parenting) of outcome turned out to be significant.
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