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Does Severity of Physical Neglect Moderate the Impact of an Efficacious Preventive Intervention for Maltreated Children in Foster Care?
- Source :
- Child Maltreatment; Feb2013, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p56-64, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Physically neglected youth are at increased risk of mental health problems, but there are few interventions that have demonstrated efficacy in reducing mental health symptoms for this vulnerable population. The Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF) program, which consists of mentoring and skills groups, was developed for preadolescent youth in foster care. In a published randomized controlled trial with 156 youth, FHF demonstrated positive impacts on mental health functioning. The current study sought to determine whether FHF might be particularly effective in ameliorating the impact of neglectful family environments. Because it was not possible to isolate a neglected-only subgroup, as most children with physical neglect histories had experienced other types of maltreatment, we tested the hypothesis that intervention effects would be stronger among children with more severe physical neglect. Findings did not support this hypothesis, however, as severity of physical neglect did not significantly moderate the impact of the intervention on psychosocial outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL illness prevention
COMPETENCY assessment (Law)
HYPOTHESIS
BLACK people
CHILD Behavior Checklist
CHILD abuse
STATISTICAL correlation
EXPERIMENTAL design
FOSTER home care
GROUP psychotherapy
HISPANIC Americans
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
MENTAL health services
MENTORING
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALES (Weighing instruments)
SURVEYS
WHITE people
GROUP process
MULTIPLE regression analysis
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10775595
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child Maltreatment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 86021975
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559512461397