Predictors of Change in Stepping Stones Triple Interventions: The Relationship between Parental Adjustment, Parenting Behaviors and Child Outcomes

Matthew Sanders, Nam-Phuong T. Hoang (), Julie Hodges, Kate Sofronoff, Stewart Einfeld, Bruce Tonge, Kylie Gray and The MHYPEDD Team
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Matthew Sanders: Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Nam-Phuong T. Hoang: Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Julie Hodges: Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Kate Sofronoff: Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Stewart Einfeld: Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
Bruce Tonge: Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Kylie Gray: Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
The MHYPEDD Team: Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-11

Abstract: The current study explored the process of change in Stepping Stones Triple P (SSTP) using a community-based sample of 891 families of children with developmental disabilities (DD) who participated in an SSTP intervention at a community level. A preliminary analysis of outcome data indicated that SSTP intervention was effective in reducing parental adjustment difficulties, coercive parenting, and children’s behavioral and emotional difficulties immediately after the intervention. The effects were maintained at 12-month follow-up. The results also indicated that change in parental adjustment over the course of intervention was significantly associated with a change in parenting behaviors. However, change in parenting behaviors but not change in parental adjustment, predicted children’s behavioral and emotional problems following the intervention. The results suggest that positive parenting skills are the most salient ingredient driving the change in child behaviors in SSTP interventions.

Keywords: mechanism of change; developmental disability; evidence-based parenting; Triple P (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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