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Effectiveness Of The Incredible Years Parenting Program For Children With Behavioral Problems: An Experience In A Developing Country During A Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorRuziana Masiranen_US
dc.contributor.authorNormala Ibrahimen_US
dc.contributor.authorHamidin Awangen_US
dc.contributor.authorLim Poh Yingen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan Tze Linen_US
dc.contributor.authorSankari Ganesh Narayanasamyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T06:36:14Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T06:36:14Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.submitted2022-9-22
dc.descriptionChildren and Youth Services Review Volume 142, November 2022, 106629 **Islamic Science University of Malaysia does not subscribe to this content.en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough parenting programs have been supported as an effective family-based intervention for children’s behavioral problems, they are underutilized in developing countries. This randomized controlled study aims to determine the effectiveness of the Incredible Years parenting program (IYPP) in improving behavioral problems in children, parenting stress, and parental mental health. Seventy mother–child dyads from three tertiary hospitals in Malaysia were divided into the IYPP and waitlist control groups. Weekly parent training sessions were adjusted during the pandemic period. Child’s total difficulty scores of the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ-TDS), Parental Stress Scale (PSS) scores, and parental DASS-21 scores were measured at pre- and post-intervention, and follow-up, and analyzed using generalized estimating equation (GEE). Compared to the control group at baseline, the intervention group showed a 4.2- and a 3.5-point significantly lower SDQ-TDS at 2 weeks post-intervention and 3 months follow-up, respectively (B = -4.20, 95 % CI: −6.68, −1.72, p = 0.001; B = -3.51, 95 % CI:-6.37, −0.66, p = 0.016), a 5.0-point significantly lower PSS at 3 months follow-up (B = -5.03, 95 % CI: −9.16, −0.90, p = 0.017), and a 4.1-point significantly lower general stress scores at 2 weeks post-intervention (B = -4.06, 95 % CI: −7.20, −0.92, p = 0.011). Effect sizes were small (ds = 0.28–0.40). There was no significant intervention effect on maternal anxiety and depression scores. The modified parenting program was effective in improving children’s behavior, parenting stress, and general stress among mothers of children aged 6–12 years presented with borderline and abnormal levels of behavioral problems, with sustained effects demonstrated for child behavior. However, the interpretation of these findings requires careful consideration of potential pandemic-instigated challenges and implications.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRuziana Masiran, Normala Ibrahim, Hamidin Awang, Lim Poh Ying, Chan Tze Lin, Sankari Ganesh Narayanasamy, Effectiveness of the Incredible Years parenting program for children with behavioral problems: An experience in a developing country during a pandemic, Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 142, 2022, 106629, ISSN 0190-7409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106629.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106629
dc.identifier.epage14
dc.identifier.issn0190-7409
dc.identifier.issue2022
dc.identifier.other2530-8
dc.identifier.spage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740922002651
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/7233
dc.identifier.volume142
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofChildren and Youth Services Reviewen_US
dc.subjectBehavioral problems, Effectiveness, Incredible Years, Pandemic, Parenting program, Parenting stressen_US
dc.titleEffectiveness Of The Incredible Years Parenting Program For Children With Behavioral Problems: An Experience In A Developing Country During A Pandemicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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