Efficacy and Moderators of a Family Group Cognitive-Behavioral Preventive Intervention for Children of Depressed Parents
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2015
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Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
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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)
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child abuse, parental depression, prevention, moderation, research
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Compas, B. E., Forehand, R., Thigpen, J., Hardcastle, E., Garai, E., McKee, L., ... & Sterba, S. (2015). Efficacy and moderators of a family group cognitive–behavioral preventive intervention for children of parents with depression. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 83(3), 541-553.