Enhancing adoptive parenting: a randomized controlled trial
A UK randomised trial compared two home-based parenting programmes with usual services for adoptive families whose children, aged three to eight, had serious behavioural difficulties early in placement. Adopter interviews and questionnaires were collected before and after intervention and at six months. Intervention families reported greater satisfaction with parenting and fewer negative parenting approaches, but the trial found no significant reduction in child problems compared with usual services.
Limitations: A selected group of families with serious child difficulties; outcomes relied on adopters’ reports and follow-up lasted six months. Improvements in parenting satisfaction should not be presented as demonstrated improvements in children’s mental health. Evidence-provider note: adoptive parents supplied some or all questionnaire/interview assessments of the adoptee’s outcomes. These proxy reports are not the adoptee’s own account; other evidence sources, where present, are described in the summary.
- Research type
- Randomised controlled trial
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: Enhancing Adoptive Parenting trial
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption from care, behaviour, post-adoption support, randomised controlled trial, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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