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- Title
The Effectiveness of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Depressive Mothers: The Changing Relationship as the Agent of Individual Change.
- Authors
Timmer, Susan; Ho, Lareina; Urquiza, Anthony; Zebell, Nancy; Fernandez y Garcia, Erik; Boys, Deanna
- Abstract
This study uses a multi-method approach to investigate the effectiveness of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in reducing children's behavior problems when parents report clinical levels of depressive symptoms. Participants were 132 children, 2-7 years of age, and their biological mothers, who either reported low ( N = 78) or clinical levels of depressive symptoms ( N = 54). Results showed that depressive mothers were likely to report more severe child behavior problems than non-depressive mothers at the pre-treatment assessment, but that depressive mothers reported greater reductions in child behavior problems than non-depressive mothers from pre- to post-treatment. The two groups showed similar levels of observed interaction quality at the pre-treatment assessment (i.e., parent and child emotional availability and parent verbalization patterns) and similar improvements in interaction quality from pre- to post-treatment. The implications of the findings for clinical practice were discussed.
- Publication
Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 2011, Vol 42, Issue 4, p406
- ISSN
0009-398X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s10578-011-0226-5