A first-level evaluation of a school-based family programme for adolescent social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
| Autor: | Margaret McCormack, Eileen Brosnan, Ciara Wynne, Eóin Rickard, Aoife O’Laoide, Mary Keane, John Sharry |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male 050103 clinical psychology Adolescent Poison control Child Behavior Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Intervention (counseling) Injury prevention Outcome Assessment Health Care Medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child School Health Services Problem Behavior business.industry 05 social sciences Human factors and ergonomics General Medicine Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Adolescent Behavior Scale (social sciences) Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Family Therapy Female business 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Clinical child psychology and psychiatry. 21(4) |
| ISSN: | 1461-7021 |
| Popis: | This study is a first-level evaluation of an intervention targeted at adolescents with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in Irish post-primary schools. It is a combined implementation of the Working Things Out adolescent programme and the Parents Plus Adolescent Programme (WTOPPAP). Overall, 47 parents and their children (mean age: 13.81 years) took part in the study. The study used a repeated measures design to assess change at pre- and post-intervention and 5-month follow-up using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, McMaster General Functioning Scale, Goal Attainment (parent- and adolescent-rated), Parent Stress Scale and Kansas Parenting Satisfaction Scale (parent-rated) as assessment measures. This study found that parent-rated child total difficulties and adolescent-rated emotional difficulties significantly improved from pre-test to 5-month follow-up. Parent- and adolescent-rated goals, and parent-rated child conduct difficulties, parental stress and satisfaction with parenting also significantly improved from pre- to post-test. These gains were largely maintained at 5-month follow-up. These findings indicate that the WTOPPAP may be an effective intervention for adolescents with emotional and behavioural difficulties and their parents. It was demonstrated that a manualised family intervention could be effectively rolled out at a number of school locations, with delivery and evaluation being conducted by school staff. Further implications are also discussed. |
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