Essay 1: Parent-Child

Question 1

What are 4 researchers names which can be used, as to why parenting intervention are needed?

Answer 1

Baumrind, Steinberg, Pettit, Richardson

Question 2

What are Baumrind’s (1991) views, as to why parenting interventions are needed?

Answer 2

Neglectful parenting can lead to low social and cognitive competence

Question 3

Who said that parenting is dimensional and complex?

Answer 3

Steinberg (1993)

Question 4

What does Pettit (1990), say about parenting interventions?

Answer 4

They are needed because harsh discipline can lead to externalising problems and poor social and academic skills

Question 5

What 3 factors are looked at in Pettit’s (1990) study?

Answer 5

Parenting, family adversity and child outcomes

Question 6

What does Richardson’s (2002) research into the need for parenting interventions show?

Answer 6

Conduct disorders can lead to criminality

Question 7

What 4 pieces of evidence could you use, to answer why parenting interventions are needed?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What are the 4 types of parenting interventions and who came up with them?

Answer 8

Kaufman: evidence based
Duncan: mindfulness
Bandura: social learning
Piaget: behaviourism

Question 9

What are the 3 types of evidence based interventions?

Answer 9

Behavioural therapy, cognitive therapy, systemic interventions

Question 10

Whose research can support behavioural therapy?

Answer 10

Watson: behaviour is learned and can be changed

Question 11

Whose research can support CBT?

Answer 11

Beck: why of behaviour, what might help, when to do what

Question 12

How do systemic interventions work?

Answer 12

Address multiple factors contributing to a problem

Question 13

What are 2 examples of good parenting interventions?

Answer 13

Sanders: Triple P (play, praise, planned ignoring)
NICE: include both parents, group based, 10-16 sessions, modelling, role play, behavioural rehearsal

Question 14

What 3 researcher’s, show that parenting interventions do work?

Answer 14

Beecham, Butler, Koerting

Question 15

What does Beecham’s (2011) research say about parenting interventions?

Answer 15

33% of children went on to have no problems after interventions / interventions can save the NHS £1148 after 10 years

Question 16

What does Butler’s (2014) research say about parenting interventions?

Answer 16

Triple was effective in babies - mothers found it easy, positive and stigmatising

Question 17

What does Koerting’s (2013) research say about parenting interventions?

Answer 17

Work best when facilitated by advertising, leaflets, positive therapists, phone support after classes, targets hard to reach groups (images

Question 18

Why might parenting interventions not work?

Answer 18

Child’s characteristics: age of onset, maltreatment, gender, severity of behaviour, comorbidity, temperament
Parents characteristics: psychopathology, drugs, single parent, SES

Question 19

What evidence is there to suggest that parenting interventions don’t work?

Answer 19

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