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Changes in Maternal Depression Are Associated with MST Outcomes for Adolescents with Co-Occurring Externalizing and Internalizing Problems
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Grimbos, Teresa; Granic, Isabela – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
The efficacy of Multisystemic therapy (MST) in treating adolescent aggression has been established, however, not all youth and their families benefit from MST. One reason for this treatment variability could be the failure to distinguish between different aggressive subtypes with different risk factors, developmental prognoses and treatment needs.…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), At Risk Persons, Adolescents, Aggression
Predicting Adolescent Suicidality: Comparing Multiple Informants and Assessment Techniques
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Connor, Jennifer; Rueter, Martha – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
Adolescent suicidality is a serious problem among American youth. Common risk factors for adolescent suicidality include depression and conduct problems but there is little agreement on the best means to assess these factors. We compared multiple informants (mothers, fathers, the adolescent and a sibling) and multiple assessment techniques using a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Suicide, At Risk Persons
Brief Report: A Socio-Demographic Profile of Multiparous Teenage Mothers
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de Fatima Rato Padin, Maria; de Souza e Silva, Rebeca; Chalem, Elisa; Mitsuhiro, Sandro Sendin; Barros, Marina Moraes; Guinsburg, Ruth; Laranjeira, Ronaldo – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
Objective: Delineate a socio-demographic profile of multiparous teenage mothers at a public hospital in Brazil. Method: This is a cross-sectional study consisting of 915 interviews with teenage girls, including 170 multiparous subjects whose babies were born alive. Results: The multiparous teenage mothers had the following average characteristics:…
Descriptors: Mothers, Pregnancy, Early Parenthood, Foreign Countries
Children of Mothers at Psychosocial Risk Growing Up: A Follow up at the Age of 16
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Wadsby, Marie; Svedin, Carl Goran; Sydsjo, Gunilla – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The aim of the present study was to make a 16-year follow-up of children of psychosocial risk mothers as concerns emotional/behavioural problems, self-esteem, life events, and academic grades. Forty-three teenagers (index group) and 61 reference teenagers were personally interviewed and asked to answer the Youth Self-report (YSR), the Self-image…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Mothers, Adolescents, Followup Studies
Family Predictors of Suicidal Symptoms in Young Adolescents.
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Garber, Judy; Little, Stephanie; Hilsman, Ruth; Weaver, Kristen R. – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
A one-year test-retest study tested the model that the relationship between maternal depression and adolescent suicidal symptoms is mediated by family functioning. Children (N=240) and their mothers, 77% of whom had a history of mood disorder, participated. Results are consistent with the hypothesized model. (Author/EMK)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents, Family Life
Screening for Suicidal Ideation in Children and Adolescents: Methodological Considerations.
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Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Methodological issues related to administering suicidal screening measures to children and adolescents are examined. Risk and comparison groups were formed within a longitudinal investigation of offspring of depressed and well mothers. Assessments were made four times for two siblings from each family. Patterns of reporting are discussed.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology)