Abstract
Evaluated an experimental preventive intervention developed for children who perceived their parents as problem drinkers. The 8-session program was designed to improve children's coping, self-esteem, and social competence, and modify alcohol expectancies which were specified as mediators of the effects of parental alcohol abuse on child mental health. Participants were 271 self-selected 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade students in 13 schools. The children were randomly assigned to treatment or delayed treatment conditions and the program was given to three successive cohorts of students. A meta-analysis across three different cohorts indicated significant program effects to improve knowledge of the program content and the use of support- and emotion-focused coping behaviors for the full sample. A slightly stronger range of effects was found for a high-risk subsample.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 223-247 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | American journal of community psychology |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1995 |
Keywords
- alcoholism
- children of alcoholics
- coping
- prevention
- school-based intervention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Applied Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health