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Parental Influence on Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: II. Results of a Pilot Intervention Training Parents as Friendship Coaches for Children
Journal of abnormal child psychology, v 38(6), pp 737-749
01 Aug 2010
PMCID: PMC2903643
PMID: 20339911
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Abstract
We report findings from a pilot intervention that trained parents to be "friendship coaches" for their children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Parents of 62 children with ADHD (ages 6-10; 68% male) were randomly assigned to receive the parental friendship coaching (PFC) intervention, or to be in a no-treatment control group. Families of 62 children without ADHD were included as normative comparisons. PFC was administered in eight, 90-minute sessions to parents; there was no child treatment component. Parents were taught to arrange a social context in which their children were optimally likely to develop good peer relationships. Receipt of PFC predicted improvements in children's social skills and friendship quality on playdates as reported by parents, and peer acceptance and rejection as reported by teachers unaware of treatment status. PFC also predicted increases in observed parental facilitation and corrective feedback, and reductions in criticism during the child's peer interaction, which mediated the improvements in children's peer relationships. However, no effects for PFC were found on the number of playdates hosted or on teacher report of child social skills. Findings lend initial support to a treatment model that targets parental behaviors to address children's peer problems.
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- Title
- Parental Influence on Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: II. Results of a Pilot Intervention Training Parents as Friendship Coaches for Children
- Creators
- Amori Yee Mikami - Charlottesville Medical ResearchMatthew D. Lerner - University of VirginiaMarissa Swaim Griggs - University of VirginiaAlison McGrath - Massachusetts Sch Profess Psychol, Boston, MA USACasey D. Calhoun - University of South Florida
- Publication Details
- Journal of abnormal child psychology, v 38(6), pp 737-749
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- R03MH079019 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) F31 MH012838; 1R03MH12838; R03 MH079019-01A1 / NIMH NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000279834300002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77956057639
- Other Identifier
- 991021861868704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical
- Psychology, Developmental