The Community Parent Education Program (COPE): treatment effects in a clinical and a community-based sample.

Full Abstract

The present study is the first European evaluation of the Canadian parent training programme called Community Parent Education Program (COPE). In addition, it is the first to examine the effects of the COPE programme in different types of clinical and nonclinical samples. The main findings were that COPE was found to be effective in reducing conduct problems, hyperactivity/impulsivity, daily problem behaviours, parental stress, and lack of perceived parental control. However, the programme was not effective in reducing inattention, social competence deficits, or peer problems. Interestingly, the significant group effects were a result of significant differences between the two nonclinical intervention groups and the waiting-list control group, whereas the clinical intervention group did not differ significantly from the control group with regard to either child or parental variables. This points to the importance of evaluating parent training programmes in groups with different levels of severity so that parents are offered the type of training programme most suitable for their child's needs.

Author information

Author/s: Thorell, Lisa B (LB);

Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Lisa.Thorell(-atsign-)ki.se

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article

Journal: Clinical child psychology and psychiatry (Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jul; vol 14 (issue 3) : pp 373-87

Dates: Created 2009/06/11; Completed 2009/08/21;

PMID: 19515754, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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