Video feedback combined with coordination meetings in school to reduce early disruptive behaviour problems (DBP)—A 1‐year follow‐up randomised controlled trial. (17th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Balldin, Stina; Bergström, Martin; Wirtberg, Ingegerd; Axberg, Ulf
• Is Part Of: Acta pædiatrica. Volume 110:Number 12(2021)
• Page Start: 3284
• Page End: 3293
• Publication Date: 2021-09-17
• Subjects: disruptive behaviour problems -- Marte Meo -- randomised controlled trial -- systemic school intervention -- video feedback; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pediatrics; 618.92
• DOI: 10.1111/apa.16105
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0803-5253

Abstract

Abstract: Aim: To compare long‐term effects of a systemic school‐based intervention, Marte Meo and Coordination Meetings (MAC), targeting 3‐ to 12‐year‐old children displaying disruptive behaviour problems (DBP) in preschool or school, and service as usual (SAU). In addition, to examine whether social status (SS) affected the outcomes. Methods: In a randomised controlled design, teachers' and parents' ratings of 99 children's DBPs and mental health were collected before intervention and 1 year after post‐test. Results: A significant time effect in school was found in both interventions, notably larger than at post‐test in an earlier study. There was no difference between groups, SAU catching up with MAC. From teachers' reports, 53–70% of the children showed a positive change. SS did not affect the outcomes. Conclusion: School provides an already established setting to detect and intervene when young children begin to display DBP. Even if a long‐term positive change in MAC did show more rapidly than in SAU, both interventions were equivalent for children from diverse social backgrounds.