The Effectiveness of Parent Management Training to Increase Self-Efficacy in Parents of Children with Asperger Syndrome

Abstract

This study was a trial of an intervention programme aimed to improve parental self-efficacy in the management of problem behaviours associated with Asperger syndrome. The intervention was compared across two formats, a 1 day workshop and six individual sessions, and also with a non-intervention control group. The results indicated that, compared with the control group, parents in both intervention groups reported fewer problem behaviours and increased self-efficacy following the interventions, at both 4 weeks and 3 months follow-up. The results also showed a difference in self-efficacy between mothers and fathers, with mothers reporting a significantly greater increase in self-efficacy following intervention than fathers. There was no significant difference between the workshop format and the individual sessions.

Parent and Family Outcomes of PEERS: A Social Skills Intervention for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

“…Changes made during the intervention could very well improve the home environment post-treatment, making this setting more conducive to social gatherings, decreasing family disruption that often impedes social opportunities, and helping eliminate conflict that exacerbates ASD symptomology (Kelly et al 2008). In addition, the fact that parenting self-efficacy showed a statistically significant increase following PEERS intervention (though this was not significant over and above the waitlist control group) appears very important given the relationship between parenting selfefficacy and child behavior problems (Sofronoff and Farbotko 2002). and permission has been granted for this version to appear in e-Publications@Marquette.…”

“…This decrease in parenting self-efficacy (PSE) is important to assess given the association between low PSE and increased levels of parenting stress in parents of children with disabilities (Giallo et al 2011). Sofronoff and Farbotko (2002) noted that increased PSE postintervention was associated with fewer reported child behavior problems, suggesting that increases in PSE provides a direct benefit to the child with ASD.…”

“…The great majority of outcome studies to date have focused directly on the child, ignoring the broader family environmental context and leading to an incomplete picture of the benefits and costs of any particular treatment (Karst and Van Hecke 2012). The limited research on family and parent outcomes, which to date has primarily stemmed from evaluation of parent training programs, suggests a number of family and caregiver-level benefits of intervention; including improved family relationships (Rogers 2000;Schertz and Odom 2007), reduced levels of parenting stress and depression (McConachie and Diggle 2007;Roberts and Pickering 2010) and greater parenting self-efficacy (e.g., Sofronoff and Farbotko 2002). It is likely that these positive environmental changes serve to enhance, or at least maintain, gains made by a child or adolescent in treatment.…”

Percepção de Competência Parental: Exploração de domínio geral de competência e domínios específicos de auto-eficácia, numa amostra de pais e mães portuguesas

“…Considerando que a promoção do sentimento de competência parental tem sido um dos focos mais salientes dos programas de formação/educação parental (e.g., Peterson, Tremblay, Ewigman, & Saldana, 2003;Sofronoff & Farbotko, 2002), é fundamental compreender as associações entre as percepções de auto-eficácia parentais de domínio geral e específico, quer para as mães, quer para os pais. Neste sentido, o presente estudo constitui-se como um contributo para este inquérito.…”

Externalizing behavior trajectories: The role of parenting, sibling relationships and child personality

“…Moreover, most of these studies are limited in inferences of directionality due to their cross-sectional design. The predictive power of self-efficacy has nonetheless been partially demonstrated in studies where interventions aimed at fostering PSE have been found to decrease child behavior problems (e.g., Sofronoff & Farbotko, 2002). Among studies on PSE, several have explored its relation with parenting, whereas others have investigated its direct associations with child outcomes.…”