Impact of the Resilient Families intervention on adolescent antisocial behavior: 14-month follow-up within a randomized trial

Farzin Shaykhi, Matin Ghayour-Minaie and John W. Toumbourou

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 93, issue C, 484-491

Abstract: Antisocial behaviors are common in adolescence. Family centred school-based interventions are attractive models for assisting adolescent populations. This study evaluated the impact of a universal family intervention implemented in Australian schools, on adolescent antisocial behavior. Year 7 students (57% female; M = 12.3 years, the first year of secondary school) in 12 randomly assigned schools, completed a survey in 2004 and were longitudinally followed in 2005 (n = 2042). Multivariate regression analysis revealed that exposure to the intervention did not significantly predict reductions in antisocial behavior across the whole-school population. However, significantly lower increases were evident for the sub-group of adolescents whose parents attended the parent-education activities. Given that 13% of intervention families attended the parent education events, future research should aim to increase parent attendance in school-based interventions.

Keywords: Adolescent; Alcohol use; Antisocial behavior; Randomized trial; Family school intervention; Longitudinal research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.08.021

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