TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple Family Group Service Delivery Model for Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorders
T2 - Impact on Caregiver Stress and Depressive Symptoms
AU - Gopalan, Geetha
AU - Bornheimer, Lindsay A.
AU - Acri, Mary
AU - Winters, Andrew
AU - O’Brien, Kyle H.
AU - Chacko, Anil
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding for this study was obtained through R01 MH072649 (principal investigator: McKay). Salary support for this study also came from National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH; F32MH090614; Gopalan). Dr. Gopalan is also an investigator with the Implementation Research Institute (IRI), at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, through an award from the NIMH (R25MH080916-01A2) and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI).
Publisher Copyright:
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2017.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Disproportionately high rates of caregiver stress and depression are found among poverty-impacted communities, with high levels of caregiver stress and depression putting youth at heightened risk for the onset and perpetuation of disruptive behavior disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a behavioral parent training program called the 4Rs and 2Ss for Strengthening Families Program (4R2S) on caregiver stress and depressive symptoms among 320 youth aged 7 to 11 and their families assigned to either the 4R2S or services as usual (SAU) condition. Among caregivers with clinically significant (CS) scores at baseline, 4R2S participants manifested significantly reduced scores on the stress and depressive symptom scores to SAU participants at 6-month follow-up. Findings suggest that 4R2S may reduce caregiver stress and depressive symptoms among those caregivers initially manifesting CS levels of stress or depressive symptoms.
AB - Disproportionately high rates of caregiver stress and depression are found among poverty-impacted communities, with high levels of caregiver stress and depression putting youth at heightened risk for the onset and perpetuation of disruptive behavior disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a behavioral parent training program called the 4Rs and 2Ss for Strengthening Families Program (4R2S) on caregiver stress and depressive symptoms among 320 youth aged 7 to 11 and their families assigned to either the 4R2S or services as usual (SAU) condition. Among caregivers with clinically significant (CS) scores at baseline, 4R2S participants manifested significantly reduced scores on the stress and depressive symptom scores to SAU participants at 6-month follow-up. Findings suggest that 4R2S may reduce caregiver stress and depressive symptoms among those caregivers initially manifesting CS levels of stress or depressive symptoms.
KW - 4Rs and 2Ss for Strengthening Families Program
KW - behavioral parent training
KW - caregiver depression
KW - caregiver stress
KW - child disruptive behavior disorders
KW - multiple family groups
KW - poverty-impacted communities
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U2 - 10.1177/1063426617717721
DO - 10.1177/1063426617717721
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046038912
SN - 1063-4266
VL - 26
SP - 182
EP - 192
JO - Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
JF - Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
IS - 3
ER -