Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Group cognitive behavioral treatment for parents and children at-risk for physical abuse: an initial study. |
| Authors: |
Runyon MK (AUTHOR), Deblinger E (AUTHOR), Steer RA (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Child & Family Behavior Therapy. Jul-Sep2010, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p196-218. 23p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Cognitive therapy, *Behavior therapy, *Child abuse, *Parenting, *At-risk youth, *Behavior modification, *Abusive parents, Physical abuse |
| Abstract: |
To compare the relative efficacy of two types of group cognitive-behavioral therapy for treating the traumatized child and at-risk or offending parent in cases of child physical abuse (CPA), 24 parents and their children were treated with Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CPC-CBT) and 20 parents were treated with Parent-Only CBT. Outcome measures assessing children's emotional and behavioral functioning and parents' parenting skills were administered to both parent and child participants before treatment, after 15 sessions of treatment, and 3 months after the completion of treatment. A series of correlated t tests and analyses of covariance were used to compare the scores on the outcome measures. The children and parents in the CPC-CBT group demonstrated greater improvements in total posttraumatic symptoms and positive parenting skills, respectively, compared to those who participated in the Parent-Only CBT group. The parents in the Parent-Only CBT group reported using less corporal punishment to manage their children's behavior at posttest than the parents in the CPC-CBT group. The differential benefits of including the child in treatment are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
