Trial reportPsychology & health2015
Effects of a prevention program for divorced families on youth cortisol reactivity 15 years later.
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- Effects of parenting interventions on child and caregiver cortisol levels: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), third-wave CBT and interpersonal therapy (IPT) based interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Annual Research Review: Beyond the target - understanding crossover effects in family-centered prevention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Review
- Restoration of typical HPA-SAM co-activation following psychosocial intervention among preadolescent youth living in poverty.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Binge drinking in adolescence predicts an atypical cortisol stress response in young adulthood.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2019Article
- Childhood close family relationships and health.The American psychologist · 2017Article
- Childhood negative emotionality predicts biobehavioral dysregulation fifteen years later.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2016Article
- Long-Term Effects of Parenting-Focused Preventive Interventions to Promote Resilience of Children and Adolescents.Child development perspectives · 2015Article
- A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Child-Reported Maternal Warmth on Cortisol Stress Response 15 Years After Parental Divorce.Psychosomatic medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveWe examined whether an empirically based, randomised controlled trial of a preventive intervention for divorced mothers and children had a long-term impact on offspring cortisol regulation.
designDivorced mothers and children (age 9-12) were randomly assigned to a literature control condition or the 11-week New Beginnings Program, a family-focused group preventive intervention for mothers and children in newly divorced families.
main outcome measuresFifteen years after the trial, offspring salivary cortisol (n = 161) was measured before and after a social stress task.
resultsMultilevel mixed models were used to predict cortisol from internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, group assignment and potential moderators of intervention effects. Across the sample, higher externalizing symptoms were associated with lower cortisol reactivity. There was a significant group-by-age interaction such that older offspring in the control group had higher reactivity relative to the intervention group, and younger offspring in the control group exhibited a decline across the task relative to younger offspring in the intervention group.
conclusionsPreventive interventions for youth from divorced families may have a long-term impact on cortisol reactivity to stress. Results highlight the importance of examining moderators of program effects.
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