Leijten, Patty and Gardner, Frances and Melendez-Torres, G.J. and Weeland, Joyce and Hutchings, Judy and Landau, Sabine and McGilloway, Sinéad and Overbeek, Geertjan and van Aar, Jolien and Menting, Ankie and Orobio de Castro, Bram and Berry, Vashti and Gaspar, Maria Filomena and Axberg, Ulf and Mørch, Willy-Tore and Scott, Stephen
(2019)
Co-occurring change in children's conduct problems and maternal depression: Latent class individual participant data meta-analysis of the Incredible Years parenting program.
Development and Psychopathology, 31.
pp. 1851-1862.
ISSN 0954-5794
Abstract
Children vary in the extent to which they benefit from parenting programs for conduct problems. How does parental mental health change
if children benefit less or more? We assessed whether changes in conduct problems and maternal depressive symptoms co-occur following
participation in the Incredible Years parenting program. We integrated individual participant data from 10 randomized trials (N = 1280;
children aged 2–10 years) and distinguished latent classes based on families’ baseline and post-test conduct problems and maternal depressive symptoms, using repeated measures latent class analysis (RMLCA) and latent transition analysis (LTA). Classes differed mainly in
severity of conduct problems and depression (RMLCA; 4 classes). Conduct problems reduced in all classes. Depressive symptoms did
not change in most classes, except in a class of families where conduct problems and depression were particularly severe. Incredible
Years led to a greater likelihood of families with particularly severe conduct problems and depression moving to a class with mild problems
(LTA; 3 classes). Our findings suggest that for the majority of families, children’s conduct problems reduce, but maternal depressive symptoms do not, suggesting relative independence, with the exception of families with severe depression and severe conduct problems where
changes for the better do co-occur.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
conduct problems; individual participant data meta-analysis; maternal depression; parenting program; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: |
13901 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419001068 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Sinéad McGilloway
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| Date Deposited: |
01 Feb 2021 13:57 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Development and Psychopathology |
| Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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