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ArticleJCPP advances2023

Sustained improvements by behavioural parent training for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analytic review of longer-term child and parental outcomes.

Dominique P A Doffer, Tycho J Dekkers, Rianne Hornstra, Saskia van der Oord, Marjolein Luman, Patty Leijten, Pieter J Hoekstra, Barbara J van den Hoofdakker, Annabeth P Groenman

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Article in JCPP advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dominique P A DofferDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Groningen University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-2268
Tycho J DekkersDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Groningen University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8572-5606
Rianne HornstraDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Groningen University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-8973
Saskia van der OordKU Leuven Clinical Psychology Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences Leuven Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2771-0187
Marjolein LumanLevvel, Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Patty LeijtenUniversity of Amsterdam Research Institute of Child Development and Education Amsterdam The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8828-4049
Pieter J HoekstraDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Groningen University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Barbara J van den HoofdakkerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Groningen University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Annabeth P GroenmanDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Groningen University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8394-6605
University Medical Center Groningen · NLAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences · NLKU Leuven · BEVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Behavioural parent training is an evidence-based intervention for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but little is known about the extent to which initial benefits are maintained. Aims: This meta-analytic review investigated longer-term (i.e., more than 2 months post-intervention) child and parental outcomes of behavioural parent training for children with ADHD. Materials & Methods: We searched for randomized controlled trials and examined ADHD symptoms, behavioural problems, positive parenting, negative parenting, parenting sense of competence, parent-child relationship quality, and parental mental health as outcomes. We included 27 studies (31 interventions; 217 effect sizes), used multilevel random-effects meta-analyses for between- and within-group comparisons (pre-intervention to follow-up and post-intervention to follow-up), and explored twelve predictors of change. Results: Between pre-intervention and follow-up ( Discussion & Conclusion: We conclude that behavioural parent training has longer-term benefits for children's ADHD symptoms and behavioural problems, and for positive parenting behaviours, parenting sense of competence and quality of the parent-child relationship.

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attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorderbehavioural parent traininglonger‐term outcomesmeta‐analysisparenting

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PMID37720584
PMCPMC10501699
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