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Weaver, Addie; Greeno, Catherine G.; Marcus, Steven C.; Fusco, Rachel A.; Zimmerman, Tina; Anderson, Carol – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
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.…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mothers, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Family Counseling
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Abela, John R. Z.; Fishman, Michael B.; Cohen, Joseph R.; Young, Jami F. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
A major theory of personality predispositions to depression posits that individuals who possess high levels of self-criticism and/or dependency are vulnerable to developing depression following negative life events. The goal of the current study was to test this theory of personality predispositions and the self-esteem buffering hypothesis in a…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Personality Problems, Parents, At Risk Persons
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Bae, Yunhee – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012
This article presents a review of the Children's Depression Inventory 2 (CDI 2), published by Multi-Health Systems (MHS) to assess depressive symptoms in 7- to 17-year-old children and adolescents. Given the importance of early diagnosis and treatment (Kovacs & Devlin, 1998), the CDI 2 can assist professionals to pinpoint critical depressive…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Depression (Psychology), Mental Disorders, Norms