Implementation assessment of widely used but understudied prevention programs: An illustration from the Common Sense Parenting trial

Oats, Robert G.; Cross, Wendi; Mason, W. Alex; Casey-Goldstein, Mary; Thompson, Ronald W.; Hanson, Koren; Haggerty, Kevin P.

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.02.002

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“…The CSP Plus sessions adopted the same structure as CSP and included new content on goal setting for parents and teens in relation to the transition to high school and guided skills practice in family communication and decision making regarding the opportunities and responsibilities involved in this transition. Fidelity assessments conducted by coding a random sample of videotaped workshop sessions with 96% agreement across two independent raters indicated that 95% of the core components of the interventions were delivered as designed (Oats, Cross, Mason, Casey-Goldstein, Haggerty, & Hanson, 2014). …”

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Reducing Risks for Problem Behaviors During the High School Transition: Proximal Outcomes in the Common Sense Parenting Trial

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This study tests Common Sense Parenting (CSP)®, a widely used parent-training program, in its standard form and in a modified form known as CSP Plus, with low-income 8th graders and their families during the high school transition. The six-session CSP program proximally targets parenting and child emotion regulation skills. CSP Plus adds two sessions that include youth, and the eight-session program further targets skills for avoiding negative peers and activities in high school. Over two cohorts, 321 families were enrolled and randomly assigned to either CSP, CSP Plus, or minimal-contact control conditions. To date, pretest and posttest assessments have been completed, with 93% retention over about a 6-month interval. Here, analyses of preliminary outcomes from pretest to posttest focus on data collected from parents, who represent the primary proximal intervention targets. Intent-to-treat structural equation modeling analyses were conducted. CSP and CSP Plus had statistically significant effects on increased parent-reported child emotion regulation skills. CSP Plus further showed a statistically significant effect on increased parent perceptions of their adolescent being prepared for high school, but only in a model that excluded the CSP condition. Neither program had a significant proximal effect on parenting practices. Emotion regulation, one indicator of self-control, is a robust protective factor against problem behaviors. Intervention effects on this outcome may translate into reduced problems during high school. Moreover, CSP Plus showed some limited signs of added value for preparing families for the high school transition.

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“…The two raters’ overall quality scores for each session were strongly correlated ( r = .70, p < .001). Inquiries regarding the full quality form may be made to the first author or first author of Oats et al (2014), and dissemination would be at the discretion of Boys Town.…”

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“…Time was recorded on a time form by the viewing rater, who wrote down the time-stamps on the video recordings. The objective nature of the time-stamp data made double-coding unnecessary for time adherence calculation (see Oats et al, 2014). CSP and CSP Plus delineate specific time parameters for each component; however, adherence to the time limits is not recorded as part of model adherence.…”

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“…Parenting programs such as CSP have reported fidelity measures to ensure that the program implementation was congruent with the manualized directions. In an investigation of CSP implementation in a randomized control trial, Oats et al (2014) rigorously examined adherence, dosage, and quality through video-recorded sessions. It was found that structured training and supervision resulted in high levels of adherence to program steps and high-quality ratings.…”

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“…It was found that structured training and supervision resulted in high levels of adherence to program steps and high-quality ratings. The researchers also monitored dosage as continuous time (in minutes and seconds; a comprehensive examination of the quality, adherence, and dosage assessments is found in Oats et al, 2014). Still, the interrelationship of adherence and dosage to quality was not examined, and analyses of these data may benefit the CSP program and its CSP Plus derivative by highlighting the effect of DEI procedures on program quality.…”

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Adherence and Dosage Contributions to Parenting Program Quality

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Parra

et al. 2015

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

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Objective The 3 most frequently examined elements of treatment fidelity are adherence, dosage, and quality. The relationships between these fidelity elements are complex, and additional research is needed to provide clarity. Improving clarity may be especially relevant to parenting programs, which tend to include direct explicit instruction (DEI) elements (i.e., instruction, modeling, and practice). The adherence to and dosage of these DEI elements are frequently assumed to improve program quality; however, little information is available to determine if such adherence and dosage affect program quality. This study examines whether adherence to and dosage of DEI elements predict quality ratings for a widely disseminated, manualized parenting program. Method Adherence is defined as the percentage of intervention tasks completed for each DEI element. Dosage is defined as the number of minutes and seconds spent in each intervention DEI element. Treatment fidelity is assessed for 36 of 144 sessions across 10 program facilitators. A hierarchical linear regression analysis examines the contributions of adherence and dosage in the prediction of session quality ratings. Results The analysis indicates that adherence accounts for a significant proportion of the variance (26%), whereas dosage contributes a nonsignificant proportion of variance (11%). Adherence to skill practice was the strongest individual predictor (β = .445, p < .01). Conclusions Findings suggest that ensuring a high degree of adherence can contribute to quality program delivery. However, more exploration is needed to better understand the ways in which adherence and dosage of DEI elements affect program quality.

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Parent training to reduce problem behaviors over the transition to high school: Tests of indirect effects through improved emotion regulation skills

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Fleming

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Children and Youth Services Review

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Adolescent problem behaviors are costly for individuals and society. Promoting the self-regulatory functioning of youth may help prevent the development of such behaviors. Parent-training and family intervention programs have been shown to improve child and adolescent self-regulation. This study helps fill gaps in knowledge by testing for indirect effects of the Common Sense Parenting® (CSP) program on reduced substance use, conduct problems, and school suspensions through previously identified short-term improvements in parents’ reports of their children’s emotion regulation skills. Over two cohorts, 321 low income families of 8th graders were enrolled and randomly assigned to either the standard CSP program, an adapted CSP Plus program, or a minimal-contact control condition. Pretest, posttest, 1-year follow-up, and 2-year follow-up survey assessments were completed by parents and students with 94% retention. Intent-to-treat multivariate path analyses were conducted. Neither intervention had statistically significant total effects on the three targeted adolescent outcomes. CSP, but not CSP Plus, had statistically significant indirect effects on reduced substance use and school suspensions at the 1-year follow-up as well as conduct problems and school suspensions at the 2-year follow-up through increased child emotion regulation skills at posttest. Findings provide some support for emotion regulation as one pathway through which the intervention was associated, indirectly, with reduced substance use, conduct problems, and school suspensions among at-risk students over the high school transition.

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Implementation assessment of widely used but understudied prevention programs: An illustration from the Common Sense Parenting trial

Cited by 10 publications

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Reducing Risks for Problem Behaviors During the High School Transition: Proximal Outcomes in the Common Sense Parenting Trial

Reducing Risks for Problem Behaviors During the High School Transition: Proximal Outcomes in the Common Sense Parenting Trial

Adherence and Dosage Contributions to Parenting Program Quality

Parent training to reduce problem behaviors over the transition to high school: Tests of indirect effects through improved emotion regulation skills

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