What to Teach Parents to Reduce Disruptive Child Behavior: Two Meta-Analyses of Parenting Program Components
Leijten, Patty et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Published online Dec 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.07.900
This systematic review of parenting programmes demonstrated that positive reinforcement and praise were more effective at improving child behaviour than parental self-management, relationship building skills and other components of such programmes. No components were found to be effective for preventing problem behaviour.