Date of Award:

8-2013

Document Type:

Dissertation

Degree Name:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair(s)

Clint E. Field

Committee

Clint E. Field

Committee

Donna M. Gilbertson

Committee

Gretchen G. Peacock

Committee

Michael P. Twohig

Committee

Dennis Odell

Abstract

One of the biggest challenges parents face is effectively managing their child’s engagement in various disruptive behaviors including noncompliance, tantrums, and aggression. Typically when children begin exhibiting disruptive behaviors, parents will express their concerns to their pediatricians; however, there are significant barriers to parents gaining adequate guidance due to clinic time constraints, insurance reimbursement issues, and the limited training pediatricians receive in addressing these concerns. As such, children are generally referred to outside mental health clinics where additional barriers arise including waitlist delays and mental health stigmatization. The treatment for conduct problems (CP) that has proven most effective is referred to as behavioral parent training (BPT). Yet only about one third of children who receive BPT significantly improve. More recently, psychologists have been focusing their efforts on developing early intervention or prevention programs. While these programs have been shown to be effective, they fail to address certain limitations of BPT including length of treatment, target population, and the context of service delivery. More recently, a two-session prevention program called preventative behavioral parent training (PBPT) has been developed to address the limitations of BPT and has proven to be effective in reducing children’s engagement in various disruptive behaviors. This study sought to add to these findings by evaluating whether PBPT could be utilized as a universal prevention program within a primary care setting.

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