Maternal executive function and stress and children’s behavior problem treatment outcomes.

This prospective, observational study was designed to investigate the relationship of mothers' executive function capacities and parenting stress to early dropout, appointment attendance, and outcomes of in-clinic delivery of parent management training to address children's behavior problems. We hypothesized that mothers' executive functions (EFs) would be prospectively and positively associated with adherence to children's behavioral treatment appointments and reduction in children's behavior problems and that mothers' stress levels would be inversely related to these outcomes. Mothers (