Trial reportPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2016
Family systems therapy for substance-using mothers and their 8- to 16-year-old children.
Trial report in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions at reducing the frequency of alcohol and drug use in parents: findings of a Cochrane Review and meta-analyses.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
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- A Systematic Review Focusing on Psychotherapeutic Interventions that Impact Parental Psychopathology, Child Psychopathology and Parenting Behavior.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for reducing parental substance misuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Substance Abusing Mothers with a History of Childhood Abuse and Their Children's Depressive Symptoms: The Efficacy of Family Therapy.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2020Trial
- Interruption of dysfunctional mother-child reciprocal influences associated with family therapy.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2019Trial
- Co-Occurring Trajectory of Mothers' Substance Use and Psychological Control and Children's Behavior Problems: The Effects of a Family Systems Intervention.Family process · 2018Trial
- Integrating family-based interventions into specialty court programs: qualitative guidance from sex trafficking specialty court participants and their supportive family members.Health & justice · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Family-based Interventions in Addressing Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review on Randomized Controlled Trials.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Review
- Components of Family-Focused Interventions that Have Common Impacts Across Parental Domestic Violence and Abuse, Mental Ill-Health, and Substance Misuse: An Intervention Components Analysis.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Mothering from the margins: lived experiences of incarcerated substance-abusing mothers and the developmental risks faced by their children in Sri Lanka.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Rethinking family-based obesity treatment.Clinical obesity · 2023Review
- Adverse childhood experiences among females in substance use treatment and their children: A pilot study.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- The Role of Maternal Acceptance in Mediating Child Outcomes Among Substance Using Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021Article
- Intergenerational transmission of maternal overprotection and child anxiety in substance-using families.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2020Article
- Sex and gender differences in substance use disorders.Clinical psychology review · 2018Review
- Effects of Ecologically-Based Family Therapy with Substance Using, Prostituting Mothers.Journal of family therapy · 2018Article
- The Effects of a Family Systems Intervention on Co-Occurring Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors of Children with Substance Abusing Mothers: A Latent Transition Analysis.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2018Article
- Family Functioning and Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Family Systems Theory-Informed Approach.Academic pediatrics · 2018Review
- The Impact of Parenting on Child Mental Health among Children of Prostituting Mothers.Children and youth services review · 2018Article
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Abstract
Family systems therapy has shown to be a powerful adjunct to substance use treatment for couples and for adolescent substance users (Rowe, 2012). However, studies including children (8-16 years of age) in the treatment of their substance using mothers have been overlooked and are essentially nonexistent. Addressing the quality of the mother-child relationship and communication through family systems therapy may prove to be a potent intervention focus for improving mothers' substance use outcomes and parent-child interaction. As such, the current study recruited 183 mothers who sought outpatient treatment through a local substance use treatment facility and randomly assigned them to also receive family systems therapy or Women's Health Education. Self-report and observational data were collected, and assessment interviews were completed at baseline and 3, 6, 12, and 18 months postbaseline. Findings showed that women assigned to family systems therapy showed a quicker decline in alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use, supporting the efficacy of family therapy as an important addition to mother's substance use treatment plans. Data also revealed an association between change in observed autonomy-relatedness and substance use, though mediation was not found. To our knowledge this is the first effort to successfully document a family systems therapy for substance using mothers with minor children in their care. (PsycINFO Database Record
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