The Early Risers Preventive Intervention: Testing for Six-year Outcomes and Mediational Processes

Autor/inn/en	Bernat, Debra H.; August, Gerald J.; Hektner, Joel M.; Bloomquist, Michael L.
Titel	The Early Risers Preventive Intervention: Testing for Six-year Outcomes and Mediational Processes
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35 (2007) 4, S.605-617 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-007-9116-5
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Intervention; Drug Use; Prevention; Behavior Problems; High Risk Students; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Control Groups; Interpersonal Competence; Discipline; Guidelines; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Problemschüler; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Disziplin; Richtlinien
Abstract	We examined effects of the Early Risers "Skills for Success" early-age-targeted prevention program on serious conduct problems following 5 years of continuous intervention and one year of follow-up. We also examined if intervention effects on proximally-targeted variables found after 3 years mediated intervention effects on conduct problems found after 6 years. Participants included 151 at-risk children (106 males and 45 females) followed from first through sixth-grade, from 23 semi-rural schools in Minnesota. After 6 years, program children showed fewer oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms than control children. Program children did not significantly differ from controls on number of conduct disorder (CD) symptoms, DSM-IV diagnoses of ODD and CD, or drug use involvement. Results of the mediation analysis indicated that fewer ODD symptoms among program youth after 6 years were partially mediated by social skills and effective discipline. The study provides support for the early-starter model of conduct problems development that provides the framework for the Early Risers intervention. The study's implications for prevention and limitations are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10