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01-08-2007 | Original Paper

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

Auteurs: Debra H. Bernat, Gerald J. August, Joel M. Hektner, Michael L. Bloomquist

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 4/2007

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.

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Titel: The Early Risers Preventive Intervention: Testing for Six-year Outcomes and Mediational Processes
Auteurs: Debra H. Bernat
Gerald J. August
Joel M. Hektner
Michael L. Bloomquist
Publicatiedatum: 01-08-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 4/2007
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9116-5

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