Early intervention program in youth-to-parent aggression: clinically relevant long-term changes

Purpose: Practitioners in child and family services are able to identify cases of youth-to-parent aggression. The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term effects of the Early Intervention Program in Situations of Youth-to-Parent Aggression (EI-YPA), which was implemented in a Children and Family...

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Authors: Ibabe, Izaskun (Author) ; Arnoso, Ainara (Author) ; Elgorriaga, Edurne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Journal of family violence
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 7, Pages: 1273-1285
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Keywords:
child-to-parent violence
clinical symptoms
Family Conflict
intervention in child-to-parent violence
Program Evaluation
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Summary:Purpose: Practitioners in child and family services are able to identify cases of youth-to-parent aggression. The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term effects of the Early Intervention Program in Situations of Youth-to-Parent Aggression (EI-YPA), which was implemented in a Children and Family Services context on the outcome variables of adolescents and parents (individual behavior and health outcomes), indicating the strength of the evidence. Methods: The participants were members of 39 Spanish families with children between 12 and 17 years (N = 101; 40 adolescents and 61 parents) and a quasi-experimental design of repeated measures was applied. EI-YPA provides positive evidence and experiences based on the reports of children and parents. In order to analyze whether the improvements were clinically relevant, a reliable change index was used. Results: Significant improvements concerning aggressive behavior at home, clinical symptoms and family conflict were found. Effect sizes were large for aggressive behavior indicators (aggressive discipline d = 1.19; psychological YPA d = 0.93), and depressive symptomatology of adolescents (d = 0.80). Conclusion: The positive changes found indicate the long-term efficacy of the EI-YPA on behavioral variables and clinical symptoms of children and parents, as well as the family conflict perception. This study contributes to increasing the evidence quality of EI-YPA as a potential evidence-based program.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 1283-1285
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ISSN:1573-2851
DOI:10.1007/s10896-022-00447-w