Childhood conduct problems Mental and Behavioural Disorders Conduct disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Phase 1 intervention: Parent-Training (Duration 12-14 sessions)
This social learning theory-based parent training package is well established and has been described in numerous publications (e.g. Webs
Sponsors
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
5 Years to 10 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Phase 1: Children aged 5-10 years of age, rated in the clinical range on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) conduct problems subscale or the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) externalising subscale by either their parent or teacher 2. Phase 2: All children who remain in the clinical range of either of these scales according to one or more informant at the end of phase 1 intervention (parent training) Browne (1995) recommends that in a pilot study 30 are needed in each group to provide reasonably narrow confidence intervals for the standard deviations required for a power calculation. The 80% upper one-sided confidence limit will be used when determining power for a full scale RCT.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Phase 1: Non-English speaking families Phase 2: Moderate learning disability which indicated RICAP would not be an appropriate intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| This was a pilot RCT to establish feasibility and estimates of effect sizes on range of outcome measures. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) (Achenbach 1991a) parent version and Teacher Report Form (Achenbach 1991b). Extensively used questionnaire measure of a wide range of externalising and internalising behaviours.1. 2. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Goodman 1997). This is a widely used well validated brief measure of emotional and behavioural problems (Goodman 1997). Parent and teacher versions will be used. 3. The Parent Daily Report (Chamberlain and Reid 1987). This records 36 common problem behaviours as present or absent each day for week, and has been widely used as an alternative to direct observations in the home. 4. Teacher Report of Reactive/Proactive Aggression (Dodge and Coie 1987). This is a widely used 6-item teacher questionnaire which has excellent psychometric properties. 5. The General Health Questionnaire GHQ-28 (Goldberg and Hillier 1979). This is a widely used, reliable and valid brief measure of current adult anxiety and depression. GHQ-28 scores predict psychiatric disorder identified by standardised interview (Goldberg et al 1997), and the depression sub-scale shows moderately good agreement with current DSM depression Koeter (1992). | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed