TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of incentives on families' long-term outcome in a parenting program
AU - Heinrichs, Nina
AU - Jensen-Doss, Amanda
N1 - Funding Information:
Nina Heinrichs was at the University of Braunschweig at the time of the study.This project was financially supported by the Jacobs Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland, with a grant assigned to the first author.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - To examine the impact of paying for participation in a preventive parenting program on treatment outcomes, 197 families with preschool-aged children were randomized to paid or unpaid conditions. Although both groups improved on nearly all measures, paid families showed less improvement on 3 of 10 variables, including father-reported child prosocial behavior and parenting skills and maternal distress. The interaction between payment and treatment format (individual vs. group) was examined. Compared to unpaid group participants, paid group intervention participants had significantly worse mother and father parenting skills posttreatment, whereas paid individual intervention mothers had significantly better skills. These findings suggest payment may lead to smaller treatment effects, although the bulk of the data point to no impact on outcomes. Given that payment attracts families who would not otherwise receive treatment, this appears to be a viable strategy to recruit families without appreciably impacting outcomes.
AB - To examine the impact of paying for participation in a preventive parenting program on treatment outcomes, 197 families with preschool-aged children were randomized to paid or unpaid conditions. Although both groups improved on nearly all measures, paid families showed less improvement on 3 of 10 variables, including father-reported child prosocial behavior and parenting skills and maternal distress. The interaction between payment and treatment format (individual vs. group) was examined. Compared to unpaid group participants, paid group intervention participants had significantly worse mother and father parenting skills posttreatment, whereas paid individual intervention mothers had significantly better skills. These findings suggest payment may lead to smaller treatment effects, although the bulk of the data point to no impact on outcomes. Given that payment attracts families who would not otherwise receive treatment, this appears to be a viable strategy to recruit families without appreciably impacting outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374416.2010.501290
DO - 10.1080/15374416.2010.501290
M3 - Article
C2 - 20706922
AN - SCOPUS:77955639071
VL - 39
SP - 705
EP - 712
JO - Journal of clinical child psychology
JF - Journal of clinical child psychology
SN - 1537-4416
IS - 5
ER -