Effects of Structural Family Therapy on Child and Maternal Mental Health Symptomatology

Autor/inn/en	Weaver, Addie; Greeno, Catherine G.; Marcus, Steven C.; Fusco, Rachel A.; Zimmerman, Tina; Anderson, Carol
Titel	Effects of Structural Family Therapy on Child and Maternal Mental Health Symptomatology
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 23 (2013) 3, S.294-303 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731512470492
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Mothers; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Family Counseling; Counseling Effectiveness; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Clinics; Pretests Posttests; Barriers; Counseling Techniques; Children; Child Health; Individual Characteristics; Social Work; Regression (Statistics); Beck Anxiety Inventory; Beck Depression Inventory; Childrens Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Mother; Mutter; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Family counselling; Familienberatung; Angst; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Child; Kind; Kinder; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Soziale Arbeit; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Objective: This pilot study examined the effect of structural family therapy (SFT) on children's impairment and depressive symptomatology and mothers' depressive symptomatology and anxiety for 31 families served by a community mental health clinic. Method: A one group predesign/postdesign, with a baseline and two follow-up time points, was used. Results: A series of repeated measures analyses of variance showed significant improvement for mothers' depression, "F"(2, 36) = 6.93, "p" = 0.003, eta[superscript 2] = 0.278, and anxiety, "F"(2, 34) = 6.44, "p" = 0.004, eta[superscript 2] = 0.275. Mothers' ratings of their children's impairment significantly improved, "F"(2, 42) = 6.27, "p" = 0.005, eta[superscript 2] = 0.270, though children's self-rated impairment and depressive symptomatology did not change. Results were confirmed using random regression analyses. Conclusion: SFT has promise for simultaneously addressing mothers' and children's needs in community mental health settings. However, structural barriers impacting feasibility were identified and discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10