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.