| Title: |
Efficacy and Moderators of a Family Group Cognitive-Behavioral Preventive Intervention for Children of Depressed Parents |
| Authors: |
Compas, B. E., Forehand, R., Thigpen, J., Hardcastle, E., Garai, E., McKee, L., . & Sterba, S. |
| Publisher Information: |
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology |
| Publication Year: |
2015 |
| Collection: |
CALiO (Child Abuse Library Online - National Children's Advocacy Center, NCAC) |
| Subject Terms: |
child abuse; parental depression; prevention; moderation; research |
| Description: |
Building on an earlier study (Compas et al., 2011), tests of main effects and potential moderators of a family group cognitive-behavioral (FGCB) preventive intervention for children of parents with a history of depression are reported in a sample of 180 families (242 children ages 9-15 years) in a randomized controlled trial assessed at 2-, 6-, 12-, 18- and 24-months after baseline. Significant effects favoring the FGCB intervention over a written information (WI) comparison condition were found on measures of children's symptoms of depression, mixed anxiety/depression, internalizing problems, and externalizing problems, with multiple effects maintained at 18- and 24-months, and on incidence of child episodes of major depressive disorder over the 24-months. Effects were stronger for child self-reports than for parent-reports. Minimal evidence was found for child age, child gender, parental education, parental depressive symptoms, or presence of a current parental depressive episode at baseline as moderators of the FGCB intervention. The findings provide support for sustained and robust effects of this preventive intervention. (author Abstract) |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://hdl.handle.net/11212/2330 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/11212/2330; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4445475/pdf/nihms-668773.pdf |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.B717CC16 |
| Database: |
BASE |