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Trial reportJournal of abnormal child psychology2016

Indirect Effects of the Fast Track Intervention on Conduct Disorder Symptoms and Callous-Unemotional Traits: Distinct Pathways Involving Discipline and Warmth.

Dave S Pasalich, Katie Witkiewitz, Robert J McMahon, Ellen E Pinderhughes, Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Family Support and Connection Groups: Long-Term Benefits for Inner-City Children?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2020
    Trial
  4. Introduction to the Special Issue: Prevention Science and Youth Conduct Problems: Development, Prevention, and Treatment.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
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  5. Daily Associations between Parental Warmth and Discipline and Adolescent Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
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  9. Personalised interventions for subgroups of children with conduct problems.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  14. Parenting moderates the etiology of callous-unemotional traits in middle childhood.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022
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  17. Does the Fast Track Intervention Prevent Later Psychosis Symptoms?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dave S PasalichDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. dave_pasalich@sfu.ca.
Katie WitkiewitzUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Robert J McMahonDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Ellen E PinderhughesTufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group
Simon Fraser University · CATufts University · USUniversity of New Mexico · US

Funding

TRANSLATION AND DISSEMINATION COREP30DA023026 · NIDA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HOYLE, RICK · 2008 to 2023
$19.6M
Optimizing Prevention of Costly Adult OutcomesR01DA016903 · NIDA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CROWLEY, DANIEL MAX, DODGE, KENNETH A · 2003 to 2019
$10.2M
MULTISITE PREVENTION OF CONDUCT PROBLEMSR18MH048043 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DODGE, KENNETH A · 1990 to 2002
$5.8M
MULTISITE PREVENTION OF CONDUCT DISORDERSR18MH050951 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MCMAHON, ROBERT J. · 1993 to 2002
$3.7M
MULTISITE PREVENTION OF CONDUCT DISORDERR18MH050952 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI PINDERHUGHES, ELLEN E · 1993 to 2002
$3.7M
MULTISITE PREVENTION OF CONDUCT DISORDERR18MH050953 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI BIERMAN, KAREN L · 1993 to 2002
$3.5M
Adolescent Drug Use: Development, Prevention, and PolicyK05DA015226 · NIDA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DODGE, KENNETH A · 2002 to 2012
$1.2M
RISK &PREVENTION OF CHILD DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERSK05MH001027 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI DODGE, KENNETH A · 1992 to 2001
$200k
PREVENTION RESEARCH WITH AGGRESSIVE, REJECTED CHILDRENK05MH000797 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI COIE, JOHN D · 1989 to 1998
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about intervening processes that explain how prevention programs improve particular youth antisocial outcomes. We examined whether parental harsh discipline and warmth in childhood differentially account for Fast Track intervention effects on conduct disorder (CD) symptoms and callous-unemotional (CU) traits in early adolescence. Participants included 891 high-risk kindergarteners (69% male; 51% African American) from urban and rural United States communities who were randomized into either the Fast Track intervention (n = 445) or non-intervention control (n = 446) groups. The 10-year intervention included parent management training and other services (e.g., social skills training, universal classroom curriculum) targeting various risk factors for the development of conduct problems. Harsh discipline (Grades 1 to 3) and warmth (Grades 1 and 2) were measured using parent responses to vignettes and direct observations of parent-child interaction, respectively. Parents reported on children's CD symptoms in Grade 6 and CU traits in Grade 7. Results demonstrated indirect effects of the Fast Track intervention on reducing risk for youth antisocial outcomes. That is, Fast Track was associated with lower scores on harsh discipline, which in turn predicted decreased levels of CD symptoms. In addition, Fast Track was associated with higher scores on warmth, which in turn predicted reduced levels of CU traits. Our findings inform developmental and intervention models of youth antisocial behavior by providing evidence for the differential role of harsh discipline and warmth in accounting for indirect effects of Fast Track on CD symptoms versus CU traits, respectively.

Indexed as

EmpathyParent-Child RelationsParentsAdolescentAntisocial Personality DisorderBehavior TherapyChildConduct DisorderEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleParentingSymptom AssessmentCallous-unemotionalConduct problemsIndirect effectsParentingPrevention

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PMID26242993
PMCPMC4961049
OpenAlexW1119343999

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