Randomized Controlled Trial of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for Substance-Use-Disorder-Affected Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System.

Autor: Kim, Johnny S., Brook, Jody, Akin, Becci
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Zdroj: Journal of the Society for Social Work & Research; Fall2021, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p545-568, 24p
Abstrakt: Objective: Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) has shown promise as an effective intervention with substance-abusing adults. This study expands on a preliminary study by Kim et al. (2018) by examining the results from the complete sample on substance abuse and trauma-related problems. Method : Child-welfare-involved parents were randomly assigned to either the SFBT (N = 90) or treatment-as-usual (N = 89) control group. Mixed linear models tested changes using intent-to-treat analysis, and effect sizes examined the magnitude of treatment effects. Results : Both the SFBT and control groups decreased on most of the Addiction Severity Index-SR (ASI-SR) measures and on all Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40) measures, indicating improvements. Between-group effect sizes favored the control group for two ASI-SR subscales—medical status and drug use—and favored SFBT for the TSC-40 subscale measures, although none was statistically significant except for the TSC-40 depression subscale. Conclusions : Further exploration of SFBT as an intervention to treat substance abuse and trauma among parents involved in the child welfare system is warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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