Coping Power Program Group Therapy for Youth Behavioral Issues

Treatment

DIAGNOSIS: Youth Behavioral Issues

TREATMENT: Coping Power Program Group Therapy for Youth Behavioral Issues

BRIEF SUMMARY

Basic premise: The Coping Power Program is a cognitive-behavioral preventive intervention for youth in late elementary to middle school. The intervention aims to improve children’s social competence and self-regulation as well as promote positive parental involvement through skills-based training. It is traditionally delivered in a group therapy format and can be used in combination with parent group sessions and/or adjunctive individual child sessions. It was developed as a school-based program but has also been applied within mental health settings.

TREATMENT RESOURCES

TREATMENT MANUALS

Coping Power: Child group facilitator's guide (Lochman et al., 2008)

Coping Power: Parent group facilitator's guide (Lochman et al., 2008)

Coping Power: parent group program workbook (Lochman et al., 2008)

Coping Power (Lochman et al., 2019)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Coping Power Training and Certification (Coping Power)

The Coping Power Program (Coping Power)

SUPPORTING STUDIES

Helander, M., Lochman, J., Högström, J., Ljótsson, B., Hellner, C., & Enebrink, P. (2018). The effect of adding Coping Power Program-Sweden to Parent Management Training-effects and moderators in a randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 103, 43-52.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2018.02.001

Helander, M., Enebrink, P., Hellner, C., & Ahlen, J. (2022). Parent management training combined with group-CBT compared to parent management training only for oppositional defiant disorder symptoms: 2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-15.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01306-3

Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2003). Effectiveness of the Coping Power Program and of classroom intervention with aggressive children: Outcomes at a 1-year follow-up. Behavior Therapy, 34, 493-515.

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7894(03)80032-1

Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2004). The Coping Power Program for preadolescent aggressive boys and their parents: Outcome effects at the 1-year follow-up. Journal of Consulting and Counseling Psychology, 72(4), 571-578.

https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.72.4.571

Lochman, J. E., Dishion, T. J., Powell, N. P., Boxmeyer, C. L., Qu, L., & Sallee, M. (2015). Evidence-based preventive intervention for preadolescent aggressive children: One-year outcomes following randomization to group versus individual delivery. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(4), 728–735.

https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000030

Lochman, J. E., Glenn, A. L., Powell, N. P., Boxmeyer, C. L., Bui, C., Kassing, F., Qu, L., Romerro, D. E., & Dishion, T. (2019). Group versus individual format of intervention for aggressive children: Moderators and predictors of outcomes through 4 years after intervention. Development and Psychopathology, 31(s5), 1757-1775.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419000968

Lochman, J. E., Boxmeyer, C. L., Bui, C., Hakim, E., Jones, S., Kassing, F., McDonald, K., Powell, N., Qu, L., & Dishion, T. (2021). Substance use outcomes from two formats of a cognitive behavioral intervention for aggressive children: Moderating role of inhibitory control and intervention engagement. Brain Sciences, 11(7), 950.

https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11070950

McDaniel, S. C., Lochman, J. E., Tomek, S., Powell, N., Irwin, A., & Kerr, S. (2018). Reducing risk for emotional and behavioral disorders in late elementary school: A comparison of two targeted interventions. Behavioral Disorders, 43(3), 370–382.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742917747595

McDaniel, S. C., Watkins, L., Chow, J. C., Fedewa, M., & Nemer, S. (2023). Systematic literature review and meta-analysis of Coping Power: Effects and implications for implementation. Journal of Applied School Psychology. 1-25.

https://doi.org/10.1080/15377903.2023.2196946

Mushtaq, A., Lochman, J. E., Tariq, P. N., & Sabih, F. (2017). Preliminary effectiveness study of Coping Power program for aggressive children in Pakistan. Prevention Science: The Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 18(7), 762–771.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-016-0721-9

van de Wiel, N. M. H., Matthys, W., Cohen-Kettenis, P. T., Maassen, G. H., Lochman, J. E., & van Engeland, H. (2007). The effectiveness of an experimental treatment when compared to care as usual depends on the type of care as usual. Behaviour Modification, 31(3), 298-312.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445506292855