Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2018
The Family Check Up and Adolescent Depression: An Examination of Treatment Responders and Non-Responders.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Introduction to the Special Issue on Innovations and Applications of Integrative Data Analysis (IDA) and Related Data Harmonization Procedures in Prevention Science.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Pooled it
- The Family Check-Up and Youth Suicide: Assessing Indirect Effects of Improving Self-Regulation and Reducing Depression in Promoting Long-Term Resilience.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Trial
- Evaluating the efficacy of the Family Check-Up Online: A school-based, eHealth model for the prevention of problem behavior during the middle school years.Development and psychopathology · 2019Trial
- Long-Term Effects of the Family Check-Up in Early Adolescence on Risk of Suicide in Early Adulthood.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2016Trial
- Annual Research Review: Beyond the target - understanding crossover effects in family-centered prevention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Review
- Editorial: "Improving impacts of mental health treatment on substance misuse and vice versa".Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Examining polygenic scores for depression, depressive symptoms from childhood to adolescence, and adolescent substance use in a diverse sample: The moderating impact of a family-centered intervention.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Long-term Effects of the Family Check-Up on Suicidality in Childhood and Adolescence: Integrative Data Analysis of Three Randomized Trials.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- Disrupting Maternal Transmission of Depression: Using Integrative Data Analysis (IDA) to Examine Indirect Effects of the Family Check-Up (FCU) Across Three Randomized Trials.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- The Potential for Outdoor Nature-Based Interventions in the Treatment and Prevention of Depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Long-term cross-over effects of the family check-up prevention program on child and adolescent depression: Integrative data analysis of three randomized trials.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Article
- Dynamic Associations of Parent-Adolescent Closeness and Friend Support With Adolescent Depressive Symptoms Across Ages 12-19.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2021Article
- Therapeutic alliance as a predictor of behavioral outcomes in a relationally focused, family-centered telehealth intervention.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2021Article
- Adapting to the changing needs of adolescents: parenting practices and challenges to sensitive attunement.Current opinion in psychology · 2017Review
- Associations between alcohol-use and depression symptoms in adolescence: Examining gender differences and pathways over time.Journal of adolescence · 2017Article
- Long-Term Effects of the Family Check-Up in Public Secondary School on Diagnosed Major Depressive Disorder in Adulthood.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2017Article
- Gender Differences in the Developmental Links Between Conduct Problems and Depression Across Early Adolescence.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2016Article
- Adolescent Developmental Pathways Among Depression, Conduct Problems, and Rejection: Integrative Data Analysis Across Three Samples.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
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Abstract
The Family Check Up (FCU) is a family-centered intervention for reducing children's problem behavior through improving parenting skills and family interactions. Although the FCU was designed to prevent conduct problems, we have also found the program to be effective in preventing escalating symptoms of depression in early adolescence. The current analyses examine heterogeneous patterns of response to treatment in an effort to identify factors associated with differential response to family intervention. We examined heterogeneity in trajectories of youth-reported depressive symptoms from grades 6 to 9, using a Latent Growth Mixture Modeling framework to identify patterns of treatment response and non-response. Three symptom trajectories were identified, including the following: (1) a large class exhibiting stable, low symptom levels, (2) a class exhibiting high and stable depressive symptoms, and (3) a class exhibiting low initial symptoms that increased over time. Significant intervention effects were identified only among the third class, as a preventive effect on depression from 7th to 9th grade for youth with low initial symptoms. No effect of intervention was observed in the other two classes. Comparisons of classes 2 and 3 suggested that class 3 members were more likely to be females with high baseline antisocial behavior, but lower initial levels of depression. The findings suggest the importance of exploring heterogeneity within a prevention design, as well as the importance of tailored approaches to the prevention of adolescent depression.
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