Abstract
The degree to which parent antisocial characteristics moderated the effects of the Oregon model of Parent Management Training
(PMTO™) on observed parenting practices over 2 years after baseline was assessed in a sample of recently married biological
mother and stepfather couples with at-risk children. Sixty-seven of the 110 participating families were randomly assigned
to PMTO, and 43 families to a non-intervention condition. Using an intent-to-treat analysis, PMTO was reliably related to
growth in positive parenting and to decreases in coercive parenting. Parent antisocial characteristics moderated the effect
of PMTO on coercive but not on positive parenting practices. PMTO resulted in greater reductions in coercive parenting as
parent antisocial histories were more extensive, and this moderator effect was found for both mothers and stepfathers. The
findings support the effectiveness of PMTO as a preventive intervention for child conduct problems, and indicate that the
parenting behaviors of antisocial parents are malleable and serve as important mediators of their impact on child conduct
problems.
(PMTO™) on observed parenting practices over 2 years after baseline was assessed in a sample of recently married biological
mother and stepfather couples with at-risk children. Sixty-seven of the 110 participating families were randomly assigned
to PMTO, and 43 families to a non-intervention condition. Using an intent-to-treat analysis, PMTO was reliably related to
growth in positive parenting and to decreases in coercive parenting. Parent antisocial characteristics moderated the effect
of PMTO on coercive but not on positive parenting practices. PMTO resulted in greater reductions in coercive parenting as
parent antisocial histories were more extensive, and this moderator effect was found for both mothers and stepfathers. The
findings support the effectiveness of PMTO as a preventive intervention for child conduct problems, and indicate that the
parenting behaviors of antisocial parents are malleable and serve as important mediators of their impact on child conduct
problems.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-12
- DOI 10.1007/s11121-011-0262-1
- Authors
- Marissa Wachlarowicz, Dept of Psychology, Wichita State University, Box 34, Wichita, KS 67260-0034, USA
- James Snyder, Dept of Psychology, Wichita State University, Box 34, Wichita, KS 67260-0034, USA
- Sabina Low, Dept of Psychology, Wichita State University, Box 34, Wichita, KS 67260-0034, USA
- Marion Forgatch, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR, USA
- David DeGarmo, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR, USA
- Journal Prevention Science
- Online ISSN 1573-6695
- Print ISSN 1389-4986