OBJECTIVE: To see whether a behaviourally based group parenting programme, delivered in regular clinical practice, is an effective treatment for @entity10420 in @entity1 . DESIGN: Controlled trial with permuted block design with allocation by date of referral. SETTING: Four local @entity1 and adolescent mental health services. @entity1 : 141 @entity1 aged 3-8 years referred with @entity10420 and allocated to parenting groups (90) or waiting list control (51). INTERVENTION: Webster-Stratton basic videotape programme administered to parents of six to eight @entity1 over 13-16 weeks. This programme emphasises engagement with parental emotions, rehearsal of behavioural strategies, and parental understanding of its scientific rationale. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Semistructured parent interview and questionnaires about @entity10420 in @entity1 administered 5-7 months after entering trial; direct observation of parent- @entity1 interaction. RESULTS: Referred @entity1 were highly antisocial (above the 97th centile on interview measure). @entity1 in the intervention group showed a large reduction in @entity10420 ; those in the waiting list group did not change (effect size between groups 1.06 @entity168 (95% confidence interval 0.71 to 1.41), P<0.001). Parents in the intervention group increased the proportion of praise to ineffective commands they gave their @entity1 threefold, while control parents reduced it by a third (effect size between groups 0.76 (0.16 to 1.36), P=0.018). If the 31 @entity1 lost to follow up were included in an intention to treat analysis the effect size on @entity10420 was reduced by 16%. CONCLUSIONS: Parenting groups effectively reduce serious @entity10420 in @entity1 in real life conditions. Follow up is needed to see if the @entity1 's poor prognosis is improved and criminality prevented.

Multicentre controlled trial of parenting groups for childhood XXXX in clinical practice.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Children', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'child'] @entity168 :: ('MESH:D029461', 'Disease') :: ['SD'] @entity10420 :: ('MESH:D000987', 'Disease') :: ['antisocial behaviour']
@entity10420 :: (MESH:D000987,Disease) :: ['antisocial behaviour']
