Ouderinterventie voor gedragsproblemen bij kinderen: Even effectief voor verschillende gezinnen?

Abstract

Parenting programmes are an effective strategy for reducing children’s behavioural problems. It is important to understand who benefits more from these programmes and who benefits less. There are trends that suggest that families with a migration background or lower levels of education are not referred to evidence-based programmes, based on the untested assumption that these programmes do not meet their needs. The same holds for families of children with co-occurring ADHD symptoms and emotional problems. A better understanding of who benefits from parenting programmes will allow more careful matching between families and programmes. We used data from 786 families (with children aged 2–10 years) from four trials in the Incredible Years parenting programme in the Netherlands. Of these families, 29 % had a migration background and 31 % had lower educational levels. Our findings show that Incredible Years reduced disruptive child behaviour. Effects did not differ between families with different migration or educational backgrounds, or between children showing more or fewer ADHD symptoms. Children with more severe disruptive behaviour and children with more emotional problems benefited more in terms of reduced disruptive child behaviour. Thus the parenting programme yielded similar benefits for families with diverse backgrounds. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)