Kuvaileva kirjallisuuskatsaus vanhempien lapsiinsa kohdistaman väkivallan loppumiseksi tarkoitetun CPC-CBT -työmenetelmän kansainvälisistä tutkimuksista.

In general, the services provided for domestic abuse involve working separately with children and their parents. Parents who use physical discipline towards their children often lack skills in parenting and interaction and are affected by cross-generational issues. Despite this, the domestic abuse services we provide for families lack an evidence-based model for working together with both parents and children. This paper discusses an evidence-based model developed in the United States of America. The Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -model (CPC-CBT) aims at ending the use of physical discipline and enhancing the interaction between parents and children. The model is also suitable as a preventive measure towards abusive parenting. This model involves working with both parents and children, and it consists of separate sessions as well as joint family sessions. This article is a descriptive literature review, which provides research information about the CPC-CBT-model. The sample of the review consists of 17 scientific studies or reports that were included in the review in the summer of 2018. The method used content analysis. The results present the experiences of children, parents and employees in participating in CPC-CBT as well as their experiences of the changes achieved by using the method. Furthermore, the article examines the achieved changes in families after participating in CPC-CBT, that were reported in previous literature reviews, as well as information on the skills requirements of employees using the method. The positive experiences and results of the model are similar both in the United States of America, where the model originates from, and in Sweden. Research results demonstrated that the use of physical discipline has stopped or decreased, children’s post-traumatic symptoms have alleviated, the interaction between children and parents has improved and the amount of positive parenting has increased. Most of the studies have had small sample sizes and no long-term follow-up, therefore further research is still needed.