Parentalité et troubles externalisés du comportement : intervenir sur les cognitions et les comportements parentaux pour améliorer le comportement de l’enfant
Externalizing behavior problems are the most frequent and persistent form of psychopathology among preschoolers. Several risk factors have been associated with these disorders. One of them is parenting, which is characterized by altered cognitions and dysfunctional childrearing practices. The main objective of this PhD thesis is to focus on parenting through experimental studies in order to examine its causal link with externalizing behavior. This work begins with a meta-analytic review evaluating the effectiveness of 35 parenting programs according to their cognitive and/or behavioral orientation. Second, two micro-trials are presented to better understand the impact of brief and focused manipulation of behavioral (emotion coaching practices) or cognitive (attentional processes) parenting variables on child behavior. Third, micro-trials are compared to each other. Three micro-trials focusing on two cognitive variables (self-efficacy beliefs and attentional processes) and one behavioral variable (emotion coaching practices) are compared to observe if the nature of manipulated variables (cognitive or behavioral) impacts child behavior differently. Two 8-week parenting interventions are also compared to examine the extent to which increasing the number of variables manipulated increased program effectiveness. Finally, an observational paradigm of parent-child interactions is validated in typically developing and clinical samples.
Loop, L. (2016). Parentalité et troubles externalisés du comportement : intervenir sur les cognitions et les comportements parentaux pour améliorer le comportement de l’enfant. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/29518