{"id":8687,"date":"2019-05-22T16:10:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/parent-child_interaction_therapy_-pcit\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:10:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:10:26","slug":"parent-child_interaction_therapy_-pcit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/parent-child_interaction_therapy_-pcit\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A evidence-based treatment&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcit.org\/\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.pcit.org?target=_self\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">procedure<\/a>&nbsp;used to improve the quality of theparent-child relationship by teaching parents specific skills to deal with their children (2-7 years) who have emotional and behavioral problems (e.g., conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder). The treatment combines behavioral and play forms of therapy. &nbsp;It is founded on a combination of attachment and social learning theories. &nbsp;Skills includenurturing the relationship with their child and modifying their child\u2019sbehaviors with the goal of creating a secure relationship and increasing thechild\u2019s pro-social behaviors and decreasing negative behaviors. &nbsp;This treatmentis provided to the parent and child by a trained therapist who observes theirinteractions and provides guidance and reinforcement to the parent via &#8216;bug inthe ear&#8217; technology. PCIT derives from the individual psychology of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Rudolf_Dreikurs\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Rudolf_Dreikurs?target=_self\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rudolf Dreikurs&nbsp;<\/a>(1897-1972) and developed further by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chp.phhp.ufl.edu\/people\/emeritus-faculty\/sheila-m-eyberg-phd\/\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/chp.phhp.ufl.edu\/people\/emeritus-faculty\/sheila-m-eyberg-phd\/?target=_self\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheila Eyberg<\/a>&nbsp;(see Bagner, &amp; Eyberg, 2007). &nbsp;It also draws on the parenting classification of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apadivisions.org\/division-35\/about\/heritage\/diana-baumrind-biography.aspx\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.apadivisions.org\/division-35\/about\/heritage\/diana-baumrind-biography.aspx?target=_self\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diana Baumrind<\/a>&nbsp;and as such emphasises an authoritative style of parenting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"attachment\">Attachment<\/a>, <a href=\"conduct_disorder\">Conduct disorder<\/a>, Oppositional defiant disorder (OCD), <a href=\"parental_styles\">Parental styles<\/a>, <a href=\"social_learning_theory\">Social learning theory<\/a>, Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) <\/p>\n<p>Bagner,D. M., &amp; Eyberg, S. M. (2007). Parent-child interaction therapy fordisruptive behavior in children with mental retardation: A randomizedcontrolled trial. <span class=\"\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 36<\/span>,418\u2013429.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A evidence-based treatment&nbsp;procedure&nbsp;used to improve the quality of theparent-child relationship by teaching parents specific skills to deal with their children (2-7 years) who have emotional and behavioral problems (e.g., conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder). The treatment combines behavioral and play forms of therapy. &nbsp;It is founded on a combination of attachment and social learning theories. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/parent-child_interaction_therapy_-pcit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-8687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}