What works in the psychological treatment of child conduct problems? An umbrella review of meta-analytic studies

  1. Estrella Romero 1
  2. María Álvarez-Voces 1
  3. Beatriz Díaz-Vázquez 1
  4. Laura López-Romero 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
    info

    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Revista:
Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes

ISSN: 2340-8340

Ano de publicación: 2023

Título do exemplar: Estado de los tratamientos psicológicos infanto-juveniles

Volume: 10

Número: 1

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes

Resumo

¿Qué funciona en el tratamiento psicológico de los problemas de conducta en niños? Revisión umbrella de estudios meta-analíticos. Los problemas de conducta (PC) son un foco prioritario de atención en la psicología clínica infantil. Este estudio presenta una revisión umbrella de meta-análisis sobre la eficacia del tratamiento/prevención indicada de los PC infantiles (rango de edad media hasta 12 años). Siguiendo un protocolo registrado, se buscaron meta-análisis (enero 2002 a marzo 2022) en Web of Science, PsycINFO, PROSPERO y The Cochrane Library. Nueve meta-análisis cumplieron con los criterios requeridos y sus características y hallazgos fueron descritos sistemáticamente; además, con RStudio se calcularon los tamaños del efecto (TEs) ponderados. Se realizaron análisis de heterogeneidad, sesgo de publicación, calidad (AMSTAR-2) y credibilidad. El entrenamiento parental fue la intervención más estudiada, con un TE medio ponderado de d = -.49 (IC del 95%: -.67 a -.32), y se identificaron diversos moderadores de eficacia, incluyendo características individuales (gravedad de los PC), familiares (desventaja económica) y de intervención (formato de administración). También se analizaron los resultados de la terapia de juego centrada en el niño, d = -.34 (IC del 95%: -.40 a -.28), pero el reducido número de meta-análisis y la debilidad detectada por la evaluación de la calidad sugieren la necesidad de considerar con cautela los efectos agrupados. En general, la evidencia es sugestiva de eficacia del tratamiento de los PC, específicamente del entrenamiento parental. No obstante, la eficacia parece ser moderada, los índices de heterogeneidad elevados y las evaluaciones de calidad de los meta-análisis no suelen ser óptimas. Este estudio sugiere varias vías para reforzar el conocimiento en este campo.

Referencias bibliográficas

  • Allen, D., Gillen, E., & Rixson, L. (2009). Systematic review of the effectiveness of integrated care pathways: what works, for whom, in which circumstances? International Journal of Evidence‐Based Healthcare, 7(2), 61–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1609.2009.00127.x
  • Aromataris, E., Fernandez, Ritin., Godfrey, C. M., Holly, C., Khalil, H., & Tungpunkom, P. (2015). Summarizing systematic reviews: methodological development, conduct and reporting of an umbrella review approach. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 13(3), 132–140. https://doi.org/10.1097/XEB.0000000000000055
  • Bakker, M. J., Greven, C. U., Buitelaar, J. K., & Glennon, J. C. (2017). Practitioner Review: Psychological treatments for children and adolescents with conduct disorder problems–a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(1), 4–18. https://doi. org/10.1111/jcpp.12590
  • Battagliese, G., Caccetta, M., Luppino, O. I., Baglioni, C., Cardi, V., Mancini, F., & Buonanno, C. (2015). Cognitive-behavioural therapy for externalizing disorders: A meta-analysis of treatment effectiveness. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 75, 60–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.10.008
  • Belbasis, L., Bellou, V., Evangelou, E., Ioannidis, J. P., & Tzoulaki, I. (2015). Environmental risk factors and multiple sclerosis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The Lancet Neurology, 14(3), 263–273. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70267-4
  • Bellou, V., Belbasis, L., Tzoulaki, I., Evangelou, E., & Ioannidis, J. P. (2016). Environmental risk factors and Parkinson’s disease: an umbrella review of meta-analyses. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 23, 1–9. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.12.008
  • Brinkmeyer, M. Y., & Eyberg, S. M. (2003). Parent-child interaction therapy for oppositional children. In A. E. Kazdin & J. R. Weisz (Eds.), Evidence-based psychotherapies for children and adolescents (pp. 204–223). The Guilford Press.
  • Broidy, L. M., Nagin, D. S., Tremblay, R. E., Bates, J. E., Brame, B., Dodge, K. A., Fergusson, D., Horwood, J. L., Loeber, R., Laird, R., Lynam, D. R., Moffitt, T. E., Pettit, G. S. & Vitaro, F. (2003). Developmental trajectories of childhood disruptive behaviours and adolescent delinquency: A six-site, cross-national study. Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 222–245. https:// doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.2.222
  • *Burkey, M. D., Hosein, M., Morton, I., Purgato, M., Adi, A., Kurzrok, M., Kohrt, B. A., & Tol, W. A. (2018). Psychosocial interventions for disruptive behaviour problems in children in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(9), 982–993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12894
  • Cicchetti, D. (Ed.) (2016). Developmental psychopathology (Vol. 3, Maladaptation and Psychopathology, 3rd ed.). Wiley.
  • Cicchetti, D., Rogosch, F. A., Lynch, M., & Holt, K. D. (1993). Resilience in maltreated children: Processes leading to adaptive outcome. Development and Psychopathology, 5(4), 629–647. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400006209
  • Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioural sciences, 2nd ed. Erlbaum.
  • *Comer, J. S., Chow, C., Chan, P. T., Cooper-Vince, C., & Wilson, L. A. S. (2013). Psychosocial treatment efficacy for disruptive behaviour problems in very young children: A meta-analytic examination. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(1), 26–36. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.jaac.2012.10.001
  • Florean, I. S., Dobrean, A., Păsărelu, C. R., Georgescu, R. D., & Milea, I. (2020). The Efficacy of internet-based parenting programs for children and adolescents with behavior problems: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 23, 510–528. https:// doi.org/10.1007/s10567-020-00326-0
  • Furlong, M., & McGilloway, S. (2012). The Incredible Years Parenting program in Ireland: A qualitative analysis of the experience of disadvantaged parents. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 17(4), 616–630. https://doi, org/10.1177/1359104511426406
  • Fusar-Poli, P., & Radua, J. (2018). Ten simple rules for conducting umbrella reviews. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 21(3), 95–100. https://doi. org/10.1136/ebmental-2018-300014
  • Ghandour, R. M., Sherman, L. J., Vladutiu, C. J., Ali, M. M., Lynch, S. E., Bitsko, R. H., & Blumberg, S. J. (2019). Prevalence and treatment of depression, anxiety, and conduct problems in US children. The Journal of Pediatrics, 206, 256–267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.09.021
  • Girard, L. C., Tremblay, R. E., Nagin, D., & Côte, S. M. (2019). Development of aggression subtypes from childhood to adolescence: A group-based multi-trajectory modelling perspective. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(5), 825–838. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-0488-5
  • Glenn, A. L., Lochman, J. E., Dihsion, T., Powell, N. P., Boxmeyer, C., Kassing, F., Qu, L., & Romero, D. (2019). Toward tailored interventions: Sympathetic and parasympathetic functioning predicts responses to an intervention for conduct problems delivered in two formats. Prevention Science, 20, 30–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-017-0859-0
  • Gordon, R. (1987). An operational classification of disease prevention. In J. A. Steinberg & M. M. Silverman (Eds.), Preventing mental disorders (pp. 20–26). Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Gutman, L. M., Joshi, H., & Schoon, I. (2019). Developmental trajectories of conduct problems and cumulative risk from early childhood to adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(2), 181–198. https://doi. org/10.1007/s10964-018-0971-x
  • Guyatt, G. H., Oxman, A. D., Schünemann, H. J., Tugwell, P., & Knottnerus, A. (2011). GRADE guidelines: A new series of articles in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64(4), 380–382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.09.011
  • Hackworth, N. J., Matthews, J., Westrupp, E. M., Nguyen, C., Phan, T., Scicluna, A., Cann, W., Bethelsen, D., Bennetts, S. K., & Nicholson, J. M. (2018). What influences parental engagement in early intervention? Parent, program and community predictors of enrolment, retention and involvement. Prevention Science 19, 880–893. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s11121-018-0897-2
  • Harley, M., Murtagh, A., & Cannon, M. (2008). Conduct disorder–psychiatry’s greatest opportunity for prevention: A commentary on ‘From conduct disorder to severe mental illness: associations with aggressive behaviour, crime and victimization’ by Hodgins et al. (2007). Psychological Medicine, 38(7), 929–931. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291708002699
  • Higgins, J. P., & Thompson, S. G. (2002). Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis. Statistics in Medicine, 21(11), 1539–1558. https://doi. org/10.1002/sim.1186
  • Higgins, J. P., Altman, D. G., Gøtzsche, P. C., Jüni, P., Moher, D., Oxman, A. D., Savović, J., Schulz, K. F., Weeks, L., & Sterne, J. A. (2011). The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. Bmj, 343. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d5928
  • Higgins, J. P., Thomas, J., Chandler, J., Cumpston, M., Li, T., Page, M. J., & Welch, V. A. (eds). (2019) Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. 2nd Edition. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Higgins, J. P., Thompson, S. G., Deeks, J. J., & Altman, D. G. (2003). Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. Bmj, 327(7414), 557–560. https://doi. org/10.1136/bmj.327.7414.557
  • Hunter, J. E., & Schmidt, F. L. (2004). Methods of meta-analysis: Correcting error and bias in research findings. Sage.
  • Lahey, B. B., Van Hulle, C. A., Waldman, I. D., Rodgers, J. L., D’Onofrio, B. M., Pedlow, S., Rathouz, P. & Keenan, K. (2006). Testing descriptive hypotheses regarding sex differences in the development of conduct problems and delinquency. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 737–755. https:// doi.org/10.1007/s10802-006-9064-5
  • Landreth, G. L. (2012). Play Therapy. The Art of the Relationship. Routledge. Lebrun-Harris, L. A., Sappenfield, O. R., & Warren, M. D. (2022). Missed and delayed preventive health care visits among US children due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Reports, 137(2), 336–343. https://doi. org/10.1177/00333549211061322
  • Leflot, G., van Lier, P. A. C., Onghena, P., & Colpin, H. (2010). The role of teacher behavior management in the development of disruptive behaviors: An intervention study with the good behavior game. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 38, 869–882. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9411-4
  • Leijten, P., Gardner, F., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Van Aar, J., Hutchings, J., Schultz, S., Knerr, W., & Overbeek, G. (2018). What to teach parents to reduce disruptive child behaviour: two meta-analyses of parenting program components. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.07.900
  • Leijten, P., Raaijmakers, M. A., de Castro, B. O., & Matthys, W. (2013). Does socioeconomic status matter? A meta-analysis on parent training effectiveness for disruptive child behaviour. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 42(3), 384–392. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416 .2013.769169
  • Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2002). Contextual social–cognitive mediators and child outcome: A test of the theoretical model in the Coping Power program. Development and Psychopathology, 14(4), 945–967.
  • López-López, J. A., Rubio-Aparicio, M., & Sánchez-Meca, J. (2022). Overviews of reviews: Concept and Development. Psicothema, 34(2), 175–181. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2021.586
  • Lundahl, B., Risser, H. J., & Lovejoy, M. C. (2006). A meta-analysis of parent training: Moderators and follow-up effects. Clinical Psychology Review, 26(1), 86–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2005.07.004
  • McHugh, M. L. (2012). Interrater reliability: the kappa statistic. Biochemia Medica, 22(3), 276–282.
  • Masten, A., & Cicchetti, D. (2010). Developmental cascades. Development and Psychopathology, 22(3), 491–495. https://doi.org/10.1017/ S0954579410000222
  • McMahon, R. J., Goulter, N., & Frick, P. J. (2021). Moderators of psychosocial intervention response for children and adolescents with conduct problems. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 50(4), 525–533. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1894566
  • Menting, A. T. A., de Castro, B. O., & Matthys, W. (2013). Effectiveness of the incredible years parent training to modify disruptive and prosocial child behaviour: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 33(8), 90–913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2013.07.006
  • Merikangas, K. R., Nakamura, E. F., & Kessler, R. C. (2022). Epidemiology of mental disorders in children and adolescents. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 11(1), 7–20. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2009.11.1/ krmerikangas
  • Moffit, T. E. (2003). Life-course-persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial behaviour: A 10-year research review and a research agenda. En B. B. Lahey, T. E. Moffit y A. Caspi (Eds.), Causes of conduct disorder and juvenile delinquency (pp. 49–75). Gilford Press.
  • Moffitt, T. E. (1993). Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behaviour: A developmental taxonomy. Psyhological Review, 100, 674–701. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.100.4.674
  • Munder, T., Brütsch, O., Leonhart, R., Gerger, H., & Barth, J. (2013). Researcher allegiance in psychotherapy outcome research: An overview of reviews. Clinical Psychology Review, 33(4), 501–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. cpr.2013.02.002
  • Nix, R. L., Bierman, K. L., McMahon, R. J., & The Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2009). How attendance and quality of participation affect treatment response to parent management training. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 429–438. https://doi.org/10.1037/ a0015028
  • Nock, M. K., & Ferriter, C. (2005). Parent management of attendance and adherence in child and adolescent therapy: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 8(2), 149–166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-005-4753-0
  • Page, M. J., McKenzie, J. E., Bossuyt, P. M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T. C., Mulrow, C. D., Shamseer, L., Tetzlaff, J. M., Akl, E. A., Brennan, S. E., Chou, R., Glanville, J., Grimshaw, J. M., Hróbjartsson, A., Lalu, M. M., Li, T., Loder, E. W., Mayo-Wilson, E., McDonald, S., . . . Moher, D. (2021). The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. Bmj, 372, 71. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n71
  • Parker, M. M., Hunnicutt Hollenbaugh, K. M., & Kelly, C. T. (2021). Exploring the impact of child-centered play therapy for children exhibiting behavioural problems: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Play Therapy, 30(4), 259–271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pla0000128
  • Patterson, G. R. (1982). Coercitive family process: A social learning approach to family intervention (vol. 3). Castalia Publishing Company.
  • Ray, D. C., Armstrong, S. A., Balkin, R. S., & Jayne, K. M. (2015). Child-centered play therapy in the schools: review and meta-analysis. Psychology in the Schools, 52(2), 107–123. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.21798
  • Rissanen, E., Kuvaja‐Köllner, V., Elonheimo, H., Sillanmäki, L., Sourander, A., & Kankaanpää, E. (2022). The long‐term cost of childhood conduct problems: Finnish Nationwide 1981 Birth Cohort Study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(6), 683–692. https://doi.org/10.1111/ jcpp.13506
  • Romero, E., Gómez-Fraguela, X. A., Villar, P., & Rodríguez, C. (2019). Prevención indicada de los problemas de conducta: entrenamiento de habilidades socioemocionales en el contexto escolar. Revista de Psicología con Niños y Adolescentes, 6(3), 39-47. https://doi.org/10.21134/rpcna.2019.06.2.1
  • Romero, E., López-Romero, L., Domínguez-Álvarez, B., Villar, P., & GómezFraguela, J. A. (2020). Testing the effects of COVID-19 confinement in Spanish children: The role of parents’ distress, emotional problems and specific parenting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 6975. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196975
  • Romero, E., Rodríguez, C., Villar, P., & Gómez-Fraguela, X. A. (2017). Intervention on early-onset conduct problems as indicated prevention for substance use: A seven-year follow up. Adicciones, 29(3), 150–162.
  • Schaeffer, C. M., Petras, H., Ialongo, N., Masyn, K. E., Hubbard, S., Poduska, J., & Kellam, S. (2006). A comparison of girls’ and boys’ aggressive-disruptive behaviour trajectories across elementary school: Prediction to young adult antisocial outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(3), 500–510. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.74.3.500
  • Schardt, C., Adams, M. B., Owens, T., Keitz, S., & Fontelo, P. (2007). Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 7, 16. https://doi. org/10.1186/1472-6947-7-16
  • Shea, B. J., Reeves, B. C., Wells, G., Thuku, M., Hamel, C., Moran, J., Moher, D., Tugwell, P., Welch, V., Kristjansson, E., & Henry, D. A. (2017). AMSTAR 2: A critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions. Bmj, 358. https:// doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j4008
  • Tausendfreund, T., Knot-Dickscheit, J., Schulze, G. C., Knorth, E. J., & Grietens, H. (2016). Families in multi-problem situations: Backgrounds, characteristics, and care services. Child & Youth Services, 37(1), 4–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2015.1052133
  • van IJzendoorn, M. H., Schuengel, C., Wang, Q., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (2022). Improving parenting, child attachment, and externalizing behaviours: Meta-analysis of the first 25 randomized controlled trials on the effects of Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline. Development and Psychopathology, 1–16. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001462
  • Veenman, B., Luman, M., & Oosterlaan, J. (2018). Efficacy of behavioural classroom programs in primary school. A meta-analysis focusing on randomized controlled trials. PLoS ONE, 13(10), 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0201779
  • Waller, R., Gardner, F., & Hyde, L. W. (2013). What are the associations between parenting, callous–unemotional traits, and antisocial behaviour in youth? A systematic review of evidence. Clinical Psychology Review, 33, 593–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2013.03.001