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FIGURE 1
Study protocol and participant flow.
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a series of ANCOVAs with preinterven- TABLE 2 Sample Characteristics of Participating Families (n = 67)
tion scores as a covariate. All WL fami- Variable WL (n = 22) SSTP (n = 22) SSTP + ACT (n = 23)
lies received SSTP alone except 1 that Demographics
received SSTP with ACT. Child age, y, mean (SD) 4.96 (2.95) 5.45 (3.16) 5.52 (3.17)
Child gender, boys, n (%) 13 (59.1) 13 (59.1) 17 (73.9)
Intellectual disability, n (%) 5 (22.7) 3 (13.4) 5 (21.7)
RESULTS Learning disability, n (%) 6 (27.3) 7 (31.8) 6 (26.1)
Autism spectrum disorder, n (%) 2 (9.1) 1 (5.9) 1 (4.3)
Sample Characteristics Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, n (%) 1 (4.5) 0 0
Vision impairment, n (%) 4 (18.2) 3 (13.6) 7 (33.4)
A series of x2 and analysis of variance Hearing impairment, n (%) 1 (4.5) 3 (13.6) 2 (8.7)
tests identified no differences between Receiving services for emotional/behavioral 2 (9.1) 2 (9.5) 4 (17.4)
the groups on any demographic vari- problems, n (%)
Classification
able at baseline. Sample character-
GMFCS I 6 (27.3) 5 (22.7) 4 (17.4)
istics are presented in Table 2. GMFCS II 6 (27.3) 5 (22.7) 7 (30.4)
GMFCS III 3 (13.6) 5 (22.7) 4 (17.4)
GMFCS IV 6 (27.3) 5 (22.7) 7 (30.4)
Preliminary Analysis GMFCS V 1 (4.5) 2 (9.1) 1 (4.3)
Fewer than 10% of the data were Relationship to child, mother, n (%) 20 (90.9) 22 (100) 23 (100)
(if not mother, father)
missing and the pattern of missing data Parent age, y, mean (SD) 39.65 (6.09) 38.67 (5.55) 37.88 (9.39)
was random. In generating scale scores Parent marital status
if ,30% of items were missing for that Married 18 (81.8) 19 (86.4) 14 (60.9)
Defacto 0 1 (4.5) 5 (21.7)
participant on that scale, then the scale
Separated 1 (4.5) 1 (4.5) 1 (4.3)
score was generated from the re- Divorced 2 (9.1) 0 1 (4.3)
maining items. If .30% of items were Never married/defacto 0 1 (4.5) 2 (8.7)
missing for that participant, then that Family type
Original family 17 (77.3) 21 (95.5) 17 (73.9)
participant was excluded from the Sole parent family 4 (18.2) 1 (4.5) 3 (13.0)
analysis for that scale. Step family 1 (4.5) 0 3 (13.0)
Education level of participating parent
The assumption of equality of variance ,10 0 0 0
was violated for the PS Verbosity scale, Year 10/11 1 (4.5) 2 (9.1) 3 (13.0)
and the assumption of homogeneity of Year 12 4 (18.2) 1 (4.5) 1 (4.3)
Trade/apprenticeship 2 (9.1) 1 (4.5) 0
regression slopes was violated for the
TAFE/college certificate 4 (18.2) 5 (22.7) 9 (39.1)
PS Laxness scale. Original, untransformed University degree 11 (50.0) 13 (59.1) 10 (43.5)
data are reported. Employment of participating parent
Full-time 1 (4.5) 1 (4.5) 5 (21.7)
Part-time 9 (40.9) 13 (59.1) 10 (43.5)
Intervention Protocol Adherence Unemployed (seeking work) 1 (4.5) 1 (4.5) 0
Full-time parent/home duties 11 (50.0) 7 (31.8) 8 (34.8)
The SSTP and ACT content was delivered
Education level of partner (if applicable)
as per protocol in all scheduled group ,10 0 0 1 (4.3)
sessions with the exception that in Year 10/11 1 (4.5) 4 (18.2) 3 (13.0)
8.19% of sessions some aspect of the Year 12 2 (9.1) 1 (4.5) 2 (8.7)
Trade/apprenticeship 4 (18.2) 4 (18.2) 3 (13.0)
SSTP DVD was not played owing to Technical and Further Education 2 (9.1) 1 (9.1) 4 (17.4)
technical difficulties or time manage- (TAFE)/college certificate
ment. In all circumstances, the content University degree 9 (40.9) 9 (40.9) 6 (26.1)
Employment of partner (if applicable)
on the SSTP DVD was still delivered Full-time 16 (72.7) 18 (81.8) 13 (56.5)
verbally. Protocol delivery was rated by Part-time 1 (4.5) 1 (4.5) 3 (13.0)
a second therapist for 50.81% of ses- Unemployed (seeking work) 0 1 (4.5) 1 (4.3)
Full-time parent/home duties 1 (4.5) 0 2 (8.7)
sions with 100% agreement with the
Family income
primary therapist. Eleven families re- ,25 000 4 (18.2) 2 (9.1) 5 (21.7)
ceived the intervention via weekend 25 000–50 000 1 (4.5) 1 (4.5) 3 (13.0)
workshop format (4 SSTP groups, 4 50 000–75 000 8 (36.4) 2 (9.1) 4 (17.4)
75 000+ 6 (36.4) 16 (72.7) 11 (47.8)
SSTP + ACT groups, 3 WL groups). Within Professional advice in last 6 mo from
the SSTP group, participants attended Psychologist, n (%) 5 (22.7) 6 (27.3) 5 (21.7)
a mean of 5.31 (SD 0.79) of 6 group
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Overreactivity scale (MD = 0.60, P = .008) Prosocial scale, t14 = –0.26, P = .01, from with caution owing to lower sample
and the PS Verbosity scale (MD = 0.68, postintervention to 6-month follow-up size (SSTP = 16; SSTP + ACT = 12). The
P = .01). No significant differences were and significant increases in dysfunc- ANCOVAs and follow-up means are
found between SSTP and WL on dys- tional parenting on the PS Verbosity presented in full in Table 5.
functional parenting styles. No signifi- scale, t13 = –2.31, P = .04, from post-
cant differences were found between intervention to 6-month follow-up. Fam- DISCUSSION
SSTP and SSTP with ACTon dysfunctional ilies receiving SSTP with ACT showed
parenting styles. Linear contrasts are significant increases in dysfunctional Children with CP are at increased risk of
presented in full in Table 4. parenting from postintervention to 6- behavioral and emotional problems,
month follow-up on the PS Over- with 1 in 4 developing a behavioral dis-
Sensitivity Analysis: Intention to reactivity scale, t10 = –2.49, P = .3, and order.6 This study is the first to demon-
Treat the PS Verbosity scale, t10 = –3.09, P = strate that parenting intervention,
.01. All other t tests were nonsignificant, particularly SSTP or SSTP combined
A conservative sensitivity analysis, re-
consistent with maintenance of gains. with ACT, is efficacious in targeting be-
peating ANCOVAs with the last obser-
havioral and emotional problems in
vation carried forward for all families
Comparison of Families Receiving children with CP. SSTP alone was asso-
who failed to complete postintervention
SSTP and SSTP + ACT at Follow-Up ciated with reductions in parent-
assessments, was conducted to satisfy
reported child behavioral and emotional
intention to treat (n = 67). The in- Families that received SSTP with ACT problems consistent with previous
terpretation of the results was in all showed decreased child behavioral research.13,18 Further, SSTP combined
cases consistent with the results problems and dysfunctional parenting with ACT was associated with reduc-
reported previously. in comparison with families that re- tions in dysfunctional parenting styles.
ceived SSTP alone at 6-month follow-up The effect sizes obtained for the primary
Retention of Effect: A Pre-Post on the SDQ Hyperactivity scale, F2,24 =
Analysis From Postintervention to outcome (ECBI Intensity = 0.19; ECBI
7.29, P = .012; the PS Laxness scale, F2,23 Problem = 0.32) are comparable to
Follow-Up = 4.8, P = .038; and the PS Verbosity effects obtained in families of children
Families receiving SSTP showed sig- scale, F2,24 = 10.70, P = .003. These with ASDs (ECBI Intensity = 0.26; ECBI
nificant improvements on the SDQ comparisons should be interpreted Problem = 0.16).18 This illustrates the
urgent need for clinical services to ad-
dress behavioral and emotional prob-
TABLE 4 Linear Contrasts Identifying Group Differences at Postintervention Between WL and SSTP,
WL and SSTP + ACT, and SSTP and SSTP + ACT lems in children with CP, as well as the
Variable Mean Difference Mean Difference Between Mean Difference Between good fit between this clinical need and
Between WL and SSTP WL and SSTP + ACT SSTP and SSTP + ACT the efficacy of parenting intervention.
ECBI Intensity 15.43 (0.78 to 30.08) 24.12 (10.22 to 38.03) 8.69 (–5.65 to 23.04) Parenting interventions, particularly
P = .04 P = .003* P = .23 Triple P, are ideally translatable. Triple P
ECBI Problem 6.04 (2.20 to 9.89) 8.30 (4.63 to 11.97) 2.26 (–1.61 to 6.12)
is designed for population-level dis-
P = .003* P , .0001* P = .25
SDQ Emotional symptoms 1.33 (0.45 to 2.21) 0.37 (–0.46 to 1.21) 20.95 (–1.81 to –0.09) semination, easily implemented within
P = .004* P = .371 P = .03 health or educational services, deliver-
SDQ Conduct problems 0.85 (–0.23 to 1.72) 0.43 (–0.41 to 1.26) 20.42 (–1.28 to 0.44) able in high- and low-resource areas,
P = .056 P = .310 P = .332
SDQ Hyperactivity 0.73 (–0.40 to 1.86) 1.66 (0.55 to 2.77) 0.93 (–0.17 to 2.04) and available in 25 countries.36 Parent-
P = .203 P = .004* P = .097 ing interventions, such as SSTP, should
SDQ Peer problems 0.77 (–0.10 to 1.65) 0.64 (–0.18 to 1.46) 20.13 (–0.98 to 0.61) therefore form part of standard care
P = .083 P = .122 P = .754
SDQ Prosocial 20.44 (–1.68 to 0.78) 20.16 (–1.33 to 0.78) 0.29 (–0.91 to 1.49)
for families of children with CP.
P = .470 P = .784 P = .634 To our knowledge, this was the first RCT
SDQ Impact 0.67 (–1.14 to 2.50) 1.00 (–0.66 to 2.67) 0.33 (–1.42 to 2.07)
to test the additive benefit of ACT, above
P = .230 P = .230 P = .707
PS Laxness 0.39 (–0.14 to 0.93) 0.42 (–0.09 to 0.92) 0.02 (–0.49 to 0.54) and beyond an established behavioral
P = .14 P = .10 P = .14 parenting intervention. The results
PS Overreactivity 0.27 (–0.18 to 0.72) 0.60 (0.16 to 1.04) 0.33 (–0.10 to 0.77) suggest that ACT provides an additional
P = .24 P = .008* P = .13
PS Verbosity 0.50 (–0.03 to 1.04) 0.68 (0.17 to 1.20) 0.18 (–0.36 to 0.72) contribution, with particular benefits
P = .06 P = .01* P = .51 shown for parenting style and child
Values are MD (CI); *, significant. hyperactivity. The combined SSTP and
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