Trial reportJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2016
Preventing adolescent depression with the family check-up: Examining family conflict as a mechanism of change.
Trial report in Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
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- Delivering a family-based child mental health promotion program among two resettled refugee communities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned in a hybrid type II implementation-effectiveness randomized controlled trial.American journal of community psychology · 2026Trial
- Crossover Effects of PROSPER on Young Adult Suicide Risk: the Role of Adolescent Belongingness to Family and School.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Trial
- Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Somali Bantu and Bhutanese Refugees: Feasibility and Acceptability Trial.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2020Trial
- Randomized effectiveness Trial of the Family Check-Up versus Internet-delivered Parent Training (iComet) for Families of Children with Conduct Problems.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
- Annual Research Review: Beyond the target - understanding crossover effects in family-centered prevention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Review
- Dynamic Links Between Daily Positive Parenting and Adolescent Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Daily Adolescent Emotion Regulation.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Reductions in substance use-related parenting behaviors after participation in a digitally delivered parenting intervention.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Efficacy of structured psychoeducational group therapy grounded in Yalom's interpersonal principles for parents of adolescents with depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Evaluating the content validity of the EQ-5D-Y for Chinese children and adolescents.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Longitudinal associations between family conflict, intergenerational transmission, and adolescents' depressive symptoms: evidence from China Family Panel studies (2016-2020).Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Attachment-Based Family Therapy to Improve Family Functioning in Adolescent Binge-Spectrum Eating Disorders: An Initial Evaluation Via Case Series Design.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2024Article
- Adolescent-onset cannabis use and parenting young children: an investigation of differential effectiveness of a digital parenting intervention.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Development, reach, acceptability and associated clinical changes of a group intervention to improve caregiver-adolescent relationships in the context of adolescent depression.JCPP advances · 2023Article
- 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
- "I wanted to hide but also to be found": the high school experiences of young adults who grew up in the same home as a sibling with depression.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- The Relationship Between Parent-Adolescent Conflict Dynamics and Adolescent Depression.Journal of child and family studies · 2022Article
- 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
- Study problems and depressive symptoms in adolescents during the COVID-19 outbreak: poor parent-child relationship as a vulnerability.Globalization and health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Family-centered prevention programs are understudied for their effects on adolescent depression, despite considerable evidence that supports their effectiveness for preventing escalation in youth problem behavior and substance use. This study was conducted with 2 overarching goals: (a) replicate previous work that has implicated the Family Check-Up (FCU), a multilevel, gated intervention model embedded in public middle schools, as an effective strategy for preventing growth in adolescent depressive symptoms and (b) test whether changes in family conflict may be an explanatory mechanism for the long-term, protective effects of the FCU with respect to adolescent depression. This trial was conducted with 593 ethnically diverse families who were randomized to intervention (offered the FCU) or middle school as usual. Complier average causal effect (CACE) analysis revealed that engagers in the FCU evidenced less growth in depressive symptoms and family conflict from 6th through 9th grade, and post hoc analyses indicated that the FCU is related to lower rates of major depressive disorder. The second set of analyses examined family conflict as a mechanism of change for families who participated in the FCU. Families who reported short-term intervention benefits had significantly less escalation in family conflict over the middle school years; in turn, growth in family conflict explained risk for adolescent depressive symptoms.
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