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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Recommended Citation
Malmberg, Jessica L., "Preventative Behavioral Parent Training in a Primary Care Context: Initial Evaluation of a Universal Prevention Program for Disruptive Behavior Disorders" (2013). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 1763.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1763
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