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Predictors of Change in Stepping Stones Triple Interventions: The Relationship between Parental Adjustment, Parenting Behaviors and Child Outcomes

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  • Matthew Sanders

    (Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia)

  • Nam-Phuong T. Hoang

    (Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia)

  • Julie Hodges

    (Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia)

  • Kate Sofronoff

    (Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia)

  • Stewart Einfeld

    (Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia)

  • Bruce Tonge

    (Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia)

  • Kylie Gray

    (Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
    Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal, and Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK)

  • The MHYPEDD Team

    (Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia)

Abstract

The current study explored the process of change in Stepping Stones Triple P (SSTP) using a community-based sample of 891 families of children with developmental disabilities (DD) who participated in an SSTP intervention at a community level. A preliminary analysis of outcome data indicated that SSTP intervention was effective in reducing parental adjustment difficulties, coercive parenting, and children’s behavioral and emotional difficulties immediately after the intervention. The effects were maintained at 12-month follow-up. The results also indicated that change in parental adjustment over the course of intervention was significantly associated with a change in parenting behaviors. However, change in parenting behaviors but not change in parental adjustment, predicted children’s behavioral and emotional problems following the intervention. The results suggest that positive parenting skills are the most salient ingredient driving the change in child behaviors in SSTP interventions.

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  • Matthew Sanders & Nam-Phuong T. Hoang & Julie Hodges & Kate Sofronoff & Stewart Einfeld & Bruce Tonge & Kylie Gray & The MHYPEDD Team, 2022. "Predictors of Change in Stepping Stones Triple Interventions: The Relationship between Parental Adjustment, Parenting Behaviors and Child Outcomes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:20:p:13200-:d:941577
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