research

 
Intervention Research

Head:
Prof. Dr. Silvia Schneider


Efficacy and Acceptability of
 Baby Triple P
A Randomized Controlled Pilot-Study

Principal Investigator and Team:

Prof. Dr. Silvia Schneider
Dr. Lukka Popp
Dr. Sabrina Futhst

RUB

International

Principal Investigator and Team

Prof. Dr. Silvia Schneider
Dr. Lukka Popp
Dr. Sabrina Fuths
 

Collaborator


Funding

RUB International

 

Duration
September 2012 – September 2014


Description

We investigated the acceptance and first indicators of efficacy of the universal group parenting training Baby Triple P (BTP) compared to a care as usual (CAU) control condition focusing on early regulatory behavior. In all, 49 couples were randomly allocated to receive either eight BTP sessions delivered in a group before birth and individually per telephone after birth or to take part in CAU. Infant behavior was observed with a diary while regulatory problems were diagnosed with a structured diagnostic interview at T3. Parental self-report measures of parental mental health, partnership quality and parental competence were assessed before birth (T1), 10 weeks after birth (T2) and at 6-month follow-up (T3). Results indicated that infants in the intervention-group cried less inconsolably but were more frequently awake and content than infants in the control-group at T3. No beneficial outcomes were found for partnership quality, parental sense of competence or the number of RPs in infants.