Maternal attachment status, psychosocial stressors and problem behaviour: follow-up after parent training courses for conduct disorder.

Abstract

37 Mothers of children with conduct disorder who had received Parent Management Training (PMT) were interviewed using the Adult Attachment Interview, 13-43 months after treatment. Child behaviour levels at follow-up were strongly associated with the scores at referral in the unresolved attachment group, but not in the resolved group. This was reflected in a statistical interaction between referral behaviour score and resolved/unresolved attachment status in a regression model. This model, which also included a strong independent contribution from a composite psychological stress index, explained 66% of the variance in follow-up behaviour scores. The implications of these results for predicting the outcome of PMT are discussed.

• Authors: C P Routh, J W Hill, H Steele, C E Elliott, M E Dewey
• Journal: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (J Child Psychol Psychiatry) Vol. 36 Issue 7 Pg. 1179-98 (Oct 1995) ISSN: 0021-9630 [Print] England
• PMID: 8847379 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Child
• Child Behavior Disorders (psychology, therapy)
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Male
• Mother-Child Relations
• Object Attachment
• Parenting (psychology)
• Parents (education, psychology)
• Personality Assessment
• Stress, Psychological (complications)
• Treatment Outcome