| Title |
A follow-up study of the “Lighthouse” mentalization-based parenting program: Mentalization as a mediator of change / |
| Authors |
Gervinskaitė-Paulaitienė, Lina ; Ruggiero, Matthew ; Taubner, Svenja ; Volkert, Jana ; Barkauskienė, Rasa |
| DOI |
10.1177/13591045231220965 |
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| Is Part of |
Clinical child psychology and psychiatry.. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications Ltd. 2024, vol. 29, iss. 3, p. 867-881.. ISSN 1359-1045. eISSN 1461-7021 |
| Keywords [eng] |
child maltreatment prevention ; follow-up effects ; mentalization based treatment ; parental mentalizing ; Parenting group ; parents |
| Abstract [eng] |
This paper reports follow-up findings for an Mentalization based treatment (MBT) parenting intervention delivered to a community mental health sample. Parents completed the 12-week version of the Lighthouse Parenting Program (LPP) and were evaluated on parenting practices, parent-child relationships, parental mental health indicators, and child problem behaviour levels. We evaluated the extent to which improvements in mentalizing at follow-up mediated changes in parenting, parental adjustment, mental health, and child outcomes. Results included a reduction in parental coercive behaviours and child problems, improved parent-child relationship, and better parental psychological adjustment and mental health. Improvement in self-focused mentalizing were observed. Self-focused mentalizing mediated the changes in most outcomes from baseline to 3-month follow-up. These results provide strong preliminary evidence that the LPP improves parent and child outcomes. |
| Published |
Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications Ltd |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2024 |
| CC license |
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