Effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme

Results from a randomized controlled trial

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ID12569578
AutoresIdunn Brekke (0000-0002-8737-0762, Department of Child Health and Development, Division of Mental and Physical Health Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway, autor correspondente), Otto R F Smith (0000-0002-6306-2239, Centre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway), Eia Elena Skjønsberg (0009-0008-7228-4256, Department of Child Health and Development, Division of Mental and Physical Health Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway), T Holt (0000-0002-9057-4010, Department of Child Health and Development, Division of Mental and Physical Health Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway), Maren Sand Helland (0000-0001-9728-4094, Department of Child Health and Development, Division of Mental and Physical Health Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway), Leif Edvard Aarø (0000-0001-5027-3611, Department of Health Promotion Norwegian Institute of Public Health Bergen Norway), Espen Roysamb (0000-0001-5133-7170, Department of Child Health and Development, Division of Mental and Physical Health Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway), Gun-Mette B Røsand (Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway), Gun‐Mette Røsand (Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Oslo Norway), Leila Torgersen (0000-0002-3416-5941, Department of Child Health and Development, Division of Mental and Physical Health Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway), Ane‐Marthe Solheim Skar (0000-0003-4135-430X, The Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) Oslo Norway), Heidi Aase (0000-0001-5146-8613, Department of Child Health and Development, Division of Mental and Physical Health Norwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo Norway)
Ano2022
Volume28
Fascículo2
Páginas417-431
Data de publicação2022-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChild & Family Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cfs.12973
OpenAlexW4299805410
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas64

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP), a group‐based parenting programme used internationally and implemented nationally in Norway. We used a cluster randomized controlled trial in which 81 groups were randomly assigned to either the intervention or waitlist control condition after the baseline data collection. A total of 590 parents completed at least one of three questionnaires (administrated before and after ICDP and 4 months after completing the intervention). Primary outcomes included parental self‐efficacy, parental emotion sensitivity and positive involvement with their child. Secondary outcomes included parents' perceptions of their relationship with the child, child‐rearing conflicts and the child's psychosocial health. We found significant effects favouring the intervention arm following the intervention and at follow‐up on two primary outcomes (parental self‐efficacy and emotion sensitivity). For the secondary outcomes, we found a significant reduction in child‐rearing conflict at the 4‐month follow‐up, increased closeness to the child, reduced child internalizing difficulties and increased prosocial behaviour immediately following the intervention. However, ICDP seems to have limited effects on parent‐reported changes in children. We conclude that ICDP as a universal preventive programme offered to parents in groups can be effective in strengthening parental self‐efficacy and improving parental emotion sensitivity

Closeness · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Prosocial behavior · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Randomized controlled trial · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology