The change and the mediating role of parental emotional reactions and depression in the treatment of traumatized youth: results from a randomized controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) has been shown to efficiently treat children and youth exposed to traumatizing events. However, few studies have looked into mechanisms that may distinguish this treatment from other treatments. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the parents' emotional reactions and depressive symptoms change over the course of therapy in the treatment conditions of TF-CBT and Therapy as Usual (TAU), and whether changes in the reactions mediate the difference between the treatment conditions on child post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and child depressive symptoms.

Method

A sample of 135 caregivers of 135 traumatized children and youth (M age = 14.8, SD = 2.2, 80% girls) was randomly assigned to receive eit

SUBMITTER: Holt T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4005459 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature