There is growing interest among researchers and clinicians in incorporating one of the most efficacious treatments for improving emotion regulation, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), into parenting interventions, with the explicit purpose of improving parental well-being so as to positively impact children's social-emotional outcomes. Integrations of DBT and parenting interventions have ranged considerably, as there is extensive variability across studies in the selection of parenting interventions and the extent to which the DBT concepts are incorporated, the content modified, or the dosage abbreviated. The primary goal of this narrative review is to synthesize the accumulation of DBT and parent intervention literature with an eye toward improving future treatment development efforts in this area, as well as current clinical practice. Public Health Significance StatementThe public health need to integrate parenting interventions with dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is increasingly evident as many parents in parenting interventions have difficulties with regulating their own emotions, which interferes with their ability to acquire and enact effective parenting behaviors. Many adults receiving DBT are parents and also need help with parenting, but their clinician may not be equipped with the training to optimally assist in this domain. This article is directly focused on these topics and aims to fill a critical gap for DBT clinicians and parenting interventionists, as well as treatment development researchers.
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