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Trial reportJournal of youth and adolescence2017

Effectiveness of Parent-Child Mediation in Improving Family Functioning and Reducing Adolescent Problem Behavior: Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Joan S Tucker, Maria Orlando Edelen, Wenjing Huang

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of youth and adolescence, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Article
  4. Family Functioning and Predictors of Runaway Behavior Among At-Risk Youth.Child & adolescent social work journal : C & A · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Joan S TuckerRAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407-2138, USA. jtucker@rand.org.
Maria Orlando EdelenRAND Corporation, 20 Park Plaza, Suite 920, Boston, MA, 02116, USA.
Wenjing HuangRAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407-2138, USA.

Funding

Family Mediation Program for At-Risk YouthR34DA031910 · NIDA · RAND CORPORATION · PI TUCKER, JOAN S · 2011 to 2013
$685k
NIDA NIH HHS R34 DA031910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parent-child mediation programs are intended to resolve or manage disputes and improve family functioning, but rigorous evaluations of their effectiveness are lacking. Families referred to a community-based mediation program (N = 111) were randomized to an intervention or wait-list control group, and completed three surveys over a 12-week period. With the exception of parent-reported child delinquency (which decreased more in the intervention group), this evaluation provides little support for the short-term effectiveness of parent-child mediation for improving family functioning and reducing child problem behaviors in general. Given that this is the first randomized controlled trial of a parent-child mediation program, additional evaluations involving larger samples and longer follow-ups are needed before firm conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of this intervention.

Indexed as

Parent-Child RelationsAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorFamily TherapyFemaleHumansMaleParentingParentsPilot ProjectsProblem BehaviorProblem SolvingAcademic performanceDelinquencyFamily functioningParent–child mediationSubstance use

Identifiers

PMID26762375
PMCPMC4942407

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