Mother-Child Relationship Quality and Effective Discipline as Mediators of the 6-Year Effects of the New Beginnings Program for Children from Divorced Families

Autor/inn/en	Zhou, Qing; Sandler, Irwin N.; Millsap, Roger E.; Wolchik, Sharlene A.; Dawson-McClure, Spring R.
Titel	Mother-Child Relationship Quality and Effective Discipline as Mediators of the 6-Year Effects of the New Beginnings Program for Children from Divorced Families
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76 (2008) 4, S.579-594 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/0022-006X.76.4.579
Schlagwörter	Divorce; Intervention; Discipline; Grade Point Average; Mothers; Structural Equation Models; Mental Health; Parent Child Relationship; Adjustment (to Environment); Program Effectiveness; Health Programs; Competence; Adolescents; Family Structure; Prevention; Coping; Interaction; Followup Studies; At Risk Persons; Mental Disorders; Substance Abuse; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehescheidung; Disziplin; Mother; Mutter; Psychohygiene; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kompetenz; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Bewältigung; Interaktion; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Risikogruppe; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum
Abstract	This study examines whether program effects on mother-child relationship quality and effective discipline mediated the 6-year longitudinal effects of the New Beginnings Program (NBP) to improve mental health and competence outcomes in 218 adolescents from divorced families in a randomized experimental trial. The NBP is a theory-based and parenting-focused preventive intervention to help children adjust to divorce, and it has previously shown significant main and/or Program x Baseline Risk interaction effects to reduce adolescents' mental health and social adaptation problems and to promote competence. Mediation analyses were conducted using single- and two-group (high and low baseline risk) structural equation modeling. A multiple-methods and multiple-informants approach was used to assess the putative mediators and adolescents' outcomes. Results indicated that program-induced improvement in maternal effective discipline at posttest mediated the intervention effect on adolescents' GPA at the 6-year follow-up. Moreover, program-induced improvement in mother-child relationship quality mediated the intervention effect on adolescents' mental health problems for those with high baseline risk for maladjustment. The discussion focuses on the implications of the mediation findings for advancing the developmental theories that informed the design of the NBP and the implications for implementation of the NBP in community settings. (Contains 2 tables, 5 figures, and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10