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Child and parent outcomes following parent interventions for child emotional and behavioral problems in autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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There is growing interest in the development of behavioral parent interventions targeting emotional and behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorders. Such interventions have potential to improve a number of child and parental well-being outcomes beyond disruptive child behavior. This systematic review and meta-analysis assesses evidence for the efficacy of behavioral parent interventions for disruptive and hyperactive child behavior in autism spectrum disorders, as well as parenting efficacy and stress. A total of 11 articles from nine randomized controlled trials were included. Sufficient data were available to calculate standardized mean difference and show favorable effects of behavioral parent interventions on parent-reported measures of child disruptive behavior (standardized mean difference = 0.67), hyperactivity (standardized mean difference = 0.31) and parent stress (standardized mean difference = 0.37); effects on parent efficacy are less clear (standardized mean difference = 0.39, p = 0.17). There were insufficient data to explore intervention effects on internalizing behavior in autism spectrum disorders, parenting behaviors, or observational and teacher-reported outcomes, providing important avenues for future research. This review adds to growing evidence of the efficacy of behavioral parent interventions for child behavior and parental well-being in autism spectrum disorders (Prospero: CRD42016033979).
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Heyworth, M., McMahon, C. M., Tan, D. W., & Pellicano, E. (2025) · Autism & Developmental Language Impairments · doi:10.1177/23969415251357222 · Cited by 9
“Traditionally, a child ’ s Autistic emotional, sensory, and behavioral pro fi les have been seen as key determinants of such negative outcomes (Enea & Rusu, 2020; Tarver et al., 2019; Yorke et al., 2018).”
Iadarola, S., Cai, P., Porto, M., & Mustian, K. M. (2025) · American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · doi:10.1352/1944-7558-130.4.280 · Cited by 6
Use of non‐directive therapy for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review
Casper-White, R., Shloim, N., & Hebron, J. (2021) · Counselling and Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1002/capr.12504 · Cited by 6
Palmer, M. L., Leno, V. C., Hallett, V., Mueller, J., Breese, L., Pickles, A. R., Slonims, V., Scott, S., Charman, T., & Simonoff, E. A. (2023) · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2022.09.436 · Cited by 6
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Woodman, A., Waheed, K. B., Al-Ansari, R. Y., Ahmad, S., Rehman, T. U., Rasheed, M., & Jaoua, N. (2024) · Autism · doi:10.1177/13623613241258544 · Cited by 5
“Ultimately, by protecting and speaking up for the rights of their children, parents can ensure that they receive appropriate services from schools, intervention programs, and health care providers alike (Abikoff et al., 2015; Al-Mohsin et al., 2020; Alshihri et al., 2021; Tarver et al., 2019).”
Using Family Therapy in the Context of Autism: A Scoping Review
Hsiang, C. H.-T., Georgas, S., Tavener, M., & Campbell, L. (2024) · Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s40489-024-00471-0 · Cited by 5
“…acquisition (e.g., particular parenting principles and behavior strategies) have helped both children and parents (e.g., parent functioning and well-being), these interventions do not indicate changes of parenting behavior nor family relational patterns (Liu & Schertz, 2022; Tarver, et al., 2019).”
Adedipe, D., & Walton, K. M. (2025) · Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s40489-025-00501-5 · Cited by 5
Parent-Mediated Online Art Therapy With a Mother and Her Children With Autism
Durrani, H. (2024) · Art Therapy · doi:10.1080/07421656.2024.2328954 · Cited by 6
“Several other studies support the importance and efficacy of parent-implemented interventions with autistic children (Tarver et al., 2019) and delivery through telehealth (Wainer & Ingersoll, 2015).”
Breider, S., de Bildt, A. A., Greaves‐Lord, K., Dietrich, A., Hoekstra, P. J., & van den Hoofdakker, B. J. (2024) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s10803-024-06567-0 · Cited by 6
“Our findings extend the results of previous studies that showed the efficacy (Postorino et al., 2017; Tarver et al., 2019) of behavioral parent training programs for ASD under more controlled conditions than in routine mental health care.”
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“Correspondingly, parenting programs have demonstrated benefits among families of autistic children (19, 20), however, provider training and uptake of such programs is low (21).”
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“Functional communication disorders associated with the core symptoms of ASD and associated mental deficits and nearly 71–80% of autism patients may be associated with emotional behavior problems are the major causes of severely impaired social functioning of autism [80].”
Virtual Parent Coaching of Music Interventions for Young Autistic Children in Mexico
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Parent Perceptions of Participating in a Parent-Mediated Program for Young Autistic Children
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“In addition, parents may experience benefits, including increased self-efficacy (Keen et al., 2010; Schertz et al., 2020), reduced stress (Jurek et al., 2022; Tarver et al., 2019), and increased psychological wellbeing (Estes et al., 2019).”
Mestermann, S., Kleinöder, J. M., Arndt, M., Krämer, J., Eichler, A., & Kratz, O. (2023) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs14010013 · Cited by 4
“Similar results are also seen during the treatment of externalizing disorders, like ADHD [62], conduct disorders [63], or ASD [64,65].”
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“…with developmental disabilities have lower social skills, communication/interaction and language skills and higher problem behaviors compared to their typically developing peers (McCabe and Meller, 2004; Sridevi et al. 2015; Stephen, Hwang, and Wang 2019; Tarver et al. 2019; Totsika et al. 2020).”
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“The rationale for parent-mediated intervention in managing food selectivity in autistic children is supported by the large body of evidence confirming the efficacy of parent-mediated interventions for disruptive behavior in young children with ASD (Postorino et al., 2017; Tarver et al., 2019).”
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“Five existing reviews have evaluated caregiver-implemented interventions for a specific disability — ASD (Althoff et al., 2019; Hendrix et al., 2022; Nevill et al., 2018; Oono et al., 2013; Tarver et al., 2019).”
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“…to use with their children) have reported a vast array of developmental and behavioral improvements for autistic children (Bearss et al., 2015; Deb et al., 2020; Oono et al., 2016; Pacia et al., 2022; Parsons et al., 2017; Pickles et al., 2016; Reichow et al., 2024; Tarver et al., 2019).”
Overview of autism interventions
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“However, behavioral caregiver approaches have had variable effects on parent efficacy across parent interventions, and the wide range of variability in PSOC scores pre-and post-intervention may explain our null finding (Brennan et al., 2024; Tarver et al., 2019).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tarver, J., Palmer, M., Webb, S., Scott, S., Slonims, V., Simonoff, E., & Charman, T.
- Affiliations
- Aston University (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Tarver, Joanne
- ORCID
- Venue
- Autism
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2019-02-28
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1630-1644
- ISSN
- 1362-3613 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7005
- OpenAlex
- W2918863645
- Cited by
- 161
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 3
- FWCI
- 1.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Autism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Programme Grants for Applied Research (RP-PG-1211-20016)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, child emotional and behavioral problems, disruptive behavior, hyperactivity, parent stress, parental self-efficacy, parental well-being, child internalizing behavior
- MeSH terms
- Problem Behavior, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Behavior Therapy, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Humans, Parents, Stress, Psychological, Parenting, Treatment Outcome
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