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Hawes DJ, Dadds MR. Practitioner Review: Parenting interventions for child conduct problems: reconceptualising resistance to change. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021;62(10):1166-1174doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13378.
Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M. R. (2021). Practitioner Review: Parenting interventions for child conduct problems: reconceptualising resistance to change. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 62(10), 1166-1174. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13378
Hawes, David J, and Dadds, Mark R. "Practitioner Review: Parenting interventions for child conduct problems: reconceptualising resistance to change." Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines vol. 62,10 (2021): 1166-1174. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13378
Hawes DJ, Dadds MR. Practitioner Review: Parenting interventions for child conduct problems: reconceptualising resistance to change. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Oct;62(10):1166-1174. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13378. Epub 2021 Feb 04. PMID: 33543502.
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J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Oct;62(10):1166-1174. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13378. Epub 2021 Feb 04.

Practitioner Review: Parenting interventions for child conduct problems: reconceptualising resistance to change.

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines

David J Hawes, Mark R Dadds

Affiliations

  1. School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 33543502 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13378

Abstract

Parenting interventions based on social learning theory have received extensive empirical support in the treatment of child conduct problems; yet, they fail to produce lasting gains in as many as a third of cases. Perspectives on these poor outcomes have been informed by numerous lines of research, and practitioner recommendations for improving such outcomes have often emphasized processes related to clinical engagement. In this Practitioner Review, we examine recent theory and evidence pertaining to these processes, including emerging research into the therapeutic relationship across face-to-face and eHealth treatment modalities, and the clinical engagement of both mothers and fathers. The concept of resistance to change is examined in light of these developments, and it is argued that the process of overcoming such resistance can be characterized as one of reflective practice. A novel process model based on this perspective is presented, comprising practical clinical strategies that are designed to be initiated from the earliest contacts with a family and build on one another across treatment.

© 2021 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Keywords: Conduct problems; engagement; externalizing problems; parenting interventions; treatment

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