TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk as a moderator of the effects of prevention programs for children from divorced families
T2 - A six-year longitudinal study
AU - Dawson-McClure, Spring R.
AU - Sandler, Irwin
AU - Wolchik, Sharlene
AU - Millsap, Roger E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by three National Institute of Mental Health grants: Grant 2P30 MH39246-12 to establish a Preventive Intervention Research Center at Arizona State University, Grant 1RO1 MH057013-01A1 to conduct a 6-year follow-up of preventive efforts for children from divorced families, and Grant 5T32 MH189387-09 to support training in prevention research. We thank the mothers, fathers, and adolescents for their participation; Rachel Haine, Xianchen Liu, Brett Plummer, and Qing Zhou for their insightful comments on earlier drafts of this paper; Jenn-Yun Tein for statistical consultation; Toni Genalo, Laura Legge, Scott Proescholdbell, and Lorey Wheeler for their assistance with data collection and management; and the group leaders and graduate students for their assistance with implementing the programs.
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - Program by risk interactions were assessed to evaluate whether the long-term effects of two preventive interventions for children from divorced families were moderated by baseline levels of risk. Six-year prospective relations between childhood (ages 9-12) and adolescence (ages 15-19) were examined in 68 children who comprised the control group of a randomized trial. Analyses indicated that two childhood variables predicted multiple adolescent outcomes: environmental stressors and externalizing problems. A risk index composed of these 2 variables was highly predictive of internalizing and externalizing problems, competence, substance use, and mental disorder 6 years later. Analyses of the full sample (N = 218) indicated that program effects were greater for children with higher risk scores and that the programs attenuated the relation between risk and adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems, competence, and mental disorder.
AB - Program by risk interactions were assessed to evaluate whether the long-term effects of two preventive interventions for children from divorced families were moderated by baseline levels of risk. Six-year prospective relations between childhood (ages 9-12) and adolescence (ages 15-19) were examined in 68 children who comprised the control group of a randomized trial. Analyses indicated that two childhood variables predicted multiple adolescent outcomes: environmental stressors and externalizing problems. A risk index composed of these 2 variables was highly predictive of internalizing and externalizing problems, competence, substance use, and mental disorder 6 years later. Analyses of the full sample (N = 218) indicated that program effects were greater for children with higher risk scores and that the programs attenuated the relation between risk and adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems, competence, and mental disorder.
KW - Adolescent adjustment
KW - Parental divorce
KW - Prevention
KW - Program moderators
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U2 - 10.1023/B:JACP.0000019769.75578.79
DO - 10.1023/B:JACP.0000019769.75578.79
M3 - Article
C2 - 15164859
AN - SCOPUS:3543038247
SN - 0091-0627
VL - 32
SP - 175
EP - 190
JO - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
IS - 2
ER -