Parental report of outcomes from a randomized trial of in-home family services
| Autor: | Matthew C. Lambert, Jay L. Ringle, Jennifer Farley, Irina Patwardhan, Kristin Duppong Hurley, Ronald W. Thompson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Parents Adolescent Family functioning Child Behavior PsycINFO law.invention Treatment and control groups Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Outcome Assessment Health Care Humans Family Parent-Child Relations Child General Psychology Problem Behavior Data collection Parenting Caregiver burden House Calls Caregivers Parent training Family Therapy Female Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Psychology. 34:79-89 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1293 0893-3200 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/fam0000594 |
| Popis: | This study conducted a randomized trial to examine the efficacy of the Boys Town In-Home Family Services (IHFS) program for families of high-risk youth. Participants were recruited from a state helpline for families struggling with poor family functioning and child emotional or behavioral issues. Consent was obtained for 300 of which 152 were randomly assigned to participate in IHFS for 3-4 months and 148 were assigned to the services as usual comparison group. For the families in the treatment group, 18% did not participant in the intervention, and 66% of families received 20 or more service hours. Parent report data were collected at intake, post, as well 6 and 12 months after post data collection. Data were collected on constructs such as caregiver strain, family functioning, parenting, family resources, and parent report of child behavior. Piecewise analyses of the intake to post data indicated significantly greater reductions in caregiver strain for the treatment condition. Given the conservative corrections for the use of multiple tests, no other measures demonstrated significant differences. For the piecewise model of the maintenance phase, there were no significant differences between groups aside from caregiver strain that showed a significant improvement for the comparison condition. Supplementary dose-response analyses indicated that for most families there was an ideal dosage of about 25-75 hr to bring about the largest improvements in caregiver strain, parenting skills, and child behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved). |
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