Predictive factors for the outcome of emotional and/or behavioural disorders in 18- to 48-month-old children after parent-child psychotherapy : Protocol of a European prospective cohort study

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OBJECTIVES: Several studies have shown that in young children, behavioural and/or emotional disorders are more difficult to manage than regulatory disorders. Moreover, data are lacking on outcome predictive factors. This article presents a short synthesis of previous research about outcome predictive factors in child psychiatry. It also describes the protocol of a longitudinal observational European multicentre study the main objective of which was to identify predictive factors of behavioural and emotional disorder outcome in toddlers after parent-child psychotherapy. The secondary objectives were to study predictive factors of the outcome in parents (anxiety/depression symptoms) and parent-child relationship.

METHOD: In order to highlight medium-effect size, 255 toddlers (age: 18 to 48 months) needed to be included. Outcomes will be assessed by comparing the pre- and post-therapy scores of a battery of questionnaires that assess the child's symptoms, the parents' anxiety/depression, and the parent-child relationship. Multivariate linear regression analysis will be used to identify predictive factors of the outcome among the studied variables (child age and sex, socio-economic status, life events, disorder type, intensity and duration, social support, parents' psychopathology, parents' attachment, parent-child relationships, therapy length and frequency, father's involvement in the therapy, and therapeutic alliance).

EXPECTED RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: This study should allow identifying some of the factors that contribute to the outcome of externalizing and internalizing disorders, and distinguishing between pre-existing and treatment-related variables. It should also help to identify children at higher risk of poor outcome who require special vigilance on the part of the therapist. It should confirm the importance of therapeutic alliance.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ID-RCB 2008-A01088-47.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

L'Encephale - 49(2023), 3 vom: 08. Juni, Seite 254-260

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hervé, M-J [VerfasserIn]
Maurice, V [VerfasserIn]
Gamon, L [VerfasserIn]
Rusconi Serpa, S [VerfasserIn]
Trojan, D [VerfasserIn]
Guedeney, N [VerfasserIn]
Tereno, S [VerfasserIn]
Guedeney, A [VerfasserIn]
Myquel, M [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez, A [VerfasserIn]
Raynaud, J-P [VerfasserIn]
Poinso, F [VerfasserIn]
Maury, M [VerfasserIn]
Purper-Ouakil, D [VerfasserIn]
Picot, M-C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alliance thérapeutique
Clinical Trial Protocol
Devenir
Facteurs prédictifs
Journal Article
Outcome
Parent-child psychotherapy
Predictive factors
Psychothérapie parent-enfant
Therapeutic alliance
Toddlers disorders
Troubles du jeune enfant

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Date Completed 23.05.2023

Date Revised 23.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.encep.2021.10.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335480454