Essay 1: Parent-Child Flashcards
What are 4 researchers names which can be used, as to why parenting intervention are needed?
Baumrind, Steinberg, Pettit, Richardson
What are Baumrind’s (1991) views, as to why parenting interventions are needed?
Neglectful parenting can lead to low social and cognitive competence
Who said that parenting is dimensional and complex?
Steinberg (1993)
What does Pettit (1990), say about parenting interventions?
They are needed because harsh discipline can lead to externalising problems and poor social and academic skills
What 3 factors are looked at in Pettit’s (1990) study?
Parenting, family adversity and child outcomes
What does Richardson’s (2002) research into the need for parenting interventions show?
Conduct disorders can lead to criminality
What 4 pieces of evidence could you use, to answer why parenting interventions are needed?
Baumrind: neglectful parenting = low social and cognitive competence
Steinberg: parenting is complex and dimensional
Pettit: harsh discipline = externalising problems and poor social and academic skills
Richardson: conduct disorders = criminality
What are the 4 types of parenting interventions and who came up with them?
Kaufman: evidence based
Duncan: mindfulness
Bandura: social learning
Piaget: behaviourism
What are the 3 types of evidence based interventions?
Behavioural therapy, cognitive therapy, systemic interventions
Whose research can support behavioural therapy?
Watson: behaviour is learned and can be changed
Whose research can support CBT?
Beck: why of behaviour, what might help, when to do what
How do systemic interventions work?
Address multiple factors contributing to a problem
What are 2 examples of good parenting interventions?
Sanders: Triple P (play, praise, planned ignoring)
NICE: include both parents, group based, 10-16 sessions, modelling, role play, behavioural rehearsal
What 3 researcher’s, show that parenting interventions do work?
Beecham, Butler, Koerting
What does Beecham’s (2011) research say about parenting interventions?
33% of children went on to have no problems after interventions / interventions can save the NHS £1148 after 10 years
What does Butler’s (2014) research say about parenting interventions?
Triple was effective in babies - mothers found it easy, positive and stigmatising
What does Koerting’s (2013) research say about parenting interventions?
Work best when facilitated by advertising, leaflets, positive therapists, phone support after classes, targets hard to reach groups (images
Why might parenting interventions not work?
Child’s characteristics: age of onset, maltreatment, gender, severity of behaviour, comorbidity, temperament
Parents characteristics: psychopathology, drugs, single parent, SES
What evidence is there to suggest that parenting interventions don’t work?
Beecham (2011): 50% child’s behaviour did not improve
Peters (2012): causes mothers to have low self-esteem
Koerting (2013): if barriers get in the way - situational, psychological, availability, information, perceived ideas
