Citation

Scholer SJ, Cherry R, Garrard HG, Gupta AO, Mace R, Greeley N. Clin. Pediatr. 2006; 45(9): 835-840.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0009922806294217

PMID

17041171

Abstract

Participants were 65 parents of 6- to 18-month-old children presenting for a well child checkup between September 2002 and February 2003 to one of two private pediatric offices. The intervention was a 30-minute multimedia program, Play Nicely, viewed at home, which teaches the basics in childhood aggression management. One year after intervention, parents were asked, "Do you feel that the CD program was helpful in managing aggressive behavior in your child?" Most (65%) parents who watched the program agreed that it helped them manage aggression with their own child (strongly agree, 31%; agree, 34%; uncertain, 28%; disagree, 7%; and strongly disagree, 0%). An inexpensive, brief, independently viewed, multimedia program helps parents manage aggression in their young children as long as 1 year after receiving it from their pediatrician. An easily implemented intervention may contribute to violence prevention efforts.

Language: en