Family Intervention Summary

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The importance and effectiveness of family interventions is not only shown in the treatment for childhood and adolescence depression, but also in other issues experienced by children and adolescents. As an illustration, in a study conducted by Sexton and Turner (2011), experimenters examined the effectiveness of family therapy as compared to probation services for adolescents with behavioral problems. Participants were 79% male and 21% female, evenly distributed from 13 to 17 years, and they were juvenile offenders who had been sentenced to probation services, and they were eligible because their situation showed behavioral problems. The study was managed by randomly assigning participants to receive either family therapy or regular probation …show more content…

It involves good sense of communication, trust and support. In a study conducted by Crane et al., 2005, the associations between family functioning, acculturation between parents and their adolescents, and adolescent adjustment problems were investigated. Participants were 41 secondary school students between 12 to 19 years old of Chinese descent and their parents. They were attending classes in the United States and Canada where they received instruction in the Chinese language. The study consisted of the completion of different questionnaires that measure cognitive, affective, and behavioral symptoms of depression with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptoms. Three booklets were distributed, one for the teenager and one for each of his or her parents. Adolescents completed the questionnaires in their classes, and their parents were asked to complete the questionnaires at home. It is important to mention that only 30% of the parents completed the questionnaire because that was a very low percentage and results may be affected. After questionnaires were returned in prepaid envelopes, results demonstrated that poor family functioning and large differences between parents' and adolescents' acculturation are positively related to adolescent depression and delinquency. By all means, supportive families play a very important role in children and

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