The Family Check-Up Online Program for Parents of Middle School Students: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research has established that skillful family management during adolescence protects youth from a variety of mental health and behavioral problems. Interventions associated with this research have focused on parenting skills as the mediator that links early risk factors with a profile of later behavioral risk, including problem behavior, substance use, and school failure. Fortunately, positive changes in family management skills have been linked to meaningful improvements in adolescent behavior, and these improvements have been significant across a variety of cultural groups.

Objective

We describe the background, research design, and intervention components of an electronic health version of the Family Check-Up program that is targeting middle school children and

SUBMITTER: Danaher BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070726 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature