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Conduct Problems and Hair Cortisol Concentrations Decrease in School-Aged Children after VIPP-SD: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Two Twin Cohorts

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  • Jana Runze

    (Clinical Child & Family Studies, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Leiden Consortium on Individual Development, Leiden University and VU Amsterdam, 2311 EZ Leiden, The Netherlands)

  • Irene Pappa

    (Clinical Child & Family Studies, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Leiden Consortium on Individual Development, Leiden University and VU Amsterdam, 2311 EZ Leiden, The Netherlands)

  • Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn

    (Leiden Consortium on Individual Development, Leiden University and VU Amsterdam, 2311 EZ Leiden, The Netherlands
    Department of Psychology, Education, and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Research Department of Clinical, Education and Health Psychology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

    (Leiden Consortium on Individual Development, Leiden University and VU Amsterdam, 2311 EZ Leiden, The Netherlands
    Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences, ISPA Lisbon, 1149-041 Lisbon, Portugal
    Center for Attachment Research, The New School for Social Research, New York, NY 10011, USA
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

The Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) is effective in increasing parental sensitivity and sensitive discipline, and aims to decrease child behavior problems. Changes in quality of parenting may be accompanied by effects on child stress levels. However, studies of VIPP-SD effects on child behavior problems have shown mixed results and there are no studies to date of the effect of the intervention on children’s stress levels, as measured by hair cortisol concentration (HCC). Furthermore, differences in intervention effectiveness may be explained by differential susceptibility factors. We hypothesized that the effects of the VIPP-SD on child behavior problems might be moderated by currently available child polygenic scores of differential susceptibility (PGS-DS). In the current pre-registered trial, we randomly assigned 40% of n = 445 families with school-aged twin children to the intervention group. The VIPP-SD was successful in decreasing both children’s conduct problems and HCC. Effects were not moderated by available child PGS-DS. We conclude that a brief, home-based video-feedback parenting intervention can decrease child behavior problems and affect the child’s stress-related neuroendocrine system as assessed with hair cortisol. In future studies, more specific PGS-DS for externalizing behaviors should be used as well as parental PGS-DS.

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  • Jana Runze & Irene Pappa & Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn & Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2022. "Conduct Problems and Hair Cortisol Concentrations Decrease in School-Aged Children after VIPP-SD: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Two Twin Cohorts," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:22:p:15026-:d:973260
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