A first-level evaluation of a family intervention for adolescent social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
| Autor: | Ciara Wynne, John Sharry, Rachel Kenny, Eileen Brosnan, Caoimhe Doyle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Family therapy
Male Mental Health Services Parents 050103 clinical psychology Adolescent Child Health Services Emotions Child Behavior Disorders Personal Satisfaction Anxiety Developmental psychology Child and adolescent Intervention (counseling) Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Depression (differential diagnoses) Problem Behavior Depression 05 social sciences Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Adolescent Health Services Scale (social sciences) Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Family Therapy Female medicine.symptom Psychology Goals Stress Psychological 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health; Vol 28, No 1 (2016); 33-46 |
| ISSN: | 1728-0591 1728-0583 |
| Popis: | This study is a first-level evaluation of a family intervention targeted at adolescents with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) attending Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Ireland. It is a combined implementation of the Working Things Out adolescent programmeand the Parents Plus Adolescent Programme (WTOPPAP). Method: A total of 93 adolescents aged 11–17 years (M = 14.64, SD = 1.31; 39% male) and their parents took part in the study. The study used a quasi-experimental One-Group Pretest-Posttest design to assess change from pre- to post-intervention using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, the McMaster General Functioning Scale, Goal Attainment, Parent Stress Scale and the Kansas Parenting Satisfaction Scale. Both parent- and adolescent-rated goal attainment and general family functioning improved from pre- to post-intervention. Parents also rated their satisfaction with parenting as having significantly improved. Adolescent-rated emotional difficulties significantly improved for the overall sample and parent-rated child total difficulties for female adolescents significantly improved from pre-test to post-test. Parents of female adolescents also reported a significant drop in parental stress. These findings indicate that the WTOPPAP may be an effective intervention for adolescents with SEBD, particularly females, and their parents. Further implications are discussed. |
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