Parental empowerment and child behavioural problems during youth care involvement

Damen, Harm; Veerman, J.W.; Vermulst, Ad A.; Pagée, R. van; Nieuwhoff, R.

doi:10.1111/cfs.12626

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“…Staff members may increase the frequency of contact with parents when they notice changes in family empowerment. This may also lead to them encouraging parents to strengthen their parenting competencies (for instance, by improving parental monitoring, reducing parenting stress, and improving parent-child relationship problems) -an important component of empowerment (Damen et al, 2019). In this case, one may have expected staff familycentered attitude and behavior to relate to family empowerment as well.…”

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“…Family characteristics associated with severe behavioral problems include parent-child relationship problems (Carr, 2019), poor parental monitoring (Biglan et al, 2004;Harder et al, 2017), and high levels of parenting stress (Vermaes et al, 2014). Higher parental involvement and monitoring, as well as empowerment and resilience processes (Liebenberg, 2020) can mitigate the development of severe behavior problems in adolescents (Biglan et al, 2004;Damen et al, 2019).…”

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Residential Youth Care Combined with Systemic Interventions: Exploring Relationships between Family-Centered Care and Outcomes

Blankestein

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Broekhoven

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Residential Treatment for Children & Youth

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Family-centered care, in terms of parental involvement and family-centered staff attitude and behavior during placement in secure residential youth care, is increasingly being combined with systemic interventions. Little is known, however, about this combination of family-centered residential care and systemic interventions. This study assessed whether levels of parental involvement or family-centered staff attitude and behavior during placement predicted outcomes of systemic interventions. We first assessed the outcomes in the full sample of families receiving systemic interventions and thereafter in families receiving systemic interventions with a strong evidence base (Multidimensional Family Therapy, Multisystemic Therapy [specializing in treatment of individuals with an intellectual disability/with problem sexual behavior], Relational Family Therapy [MDFT, MST(-ID/-PSB), RGT]) and systemic interventions with a less strong evidence base (Attachment Based Family Therapy, Flexible Assertive Community Treatment [FACT], FamilyFACT, Forensic Ambulant Systemic Therapy, Systemic Therapy [ABFT, (Family)FACT, FAST, ST]). Results revealed that higher levels of parental involvement predicted less family empowerment and a longer duration of the systemic intervention. Higher levels of family-centered staff attitude and behavior predicted more parental distress, a shorter duration of the KEYWORDS Residential youth care; parental involvement; family-centered care; systemic interventions; family functioning CONTACT A. M. M. M. Blankestein

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Residential Youth Care Combined with Systemic Interventions: Exploring Relationships between Family-Centered Care and Outcomes

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Broekhoven

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Residential Treatment for Children & Youth

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“…In this study, we use the term family therapy if any member of the extended family or other important relationships was involved in the treatment. Home treatment is offered at home with a broad scope, ranging from parenting skills, family relationships, and practical as well as emotional support [ 24 ]. Storytelling is a method to treat preverbal trauma in young children.…”

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The Patient’s Voice as a Parent in Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Study

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Henselmans

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Objective: This study is an evaluation of patients in mental health care who have undertaken treatment with an integrated family approach. The treatment focuses on the mental disorders of patients, their role as parents, the development of their young children, and family relationships. The treatment was conducted by professionals from an adult and a child mental health service in the Netherlands. The aim of the study was to identify the key elements and processes of this approach in order to develop a theoretical model. Background: Parental mental disorders have an impact on parenting and child development. To stop detrimental cascade effects and prevent parents and children from being caught up in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology, a family approach in mental health care is needed. Methods: A qualitative design was adopted using thematic analysis. Data were collected through 18 interviews with patients. The themes in the interviews were which outcomes the patients experienced and which key elements of the treatment contributed to these outcomes. Results: In general, patients were satisfied with the treatment offered. Improved outcomes were within the domain of the family, the parent-child relationship, individual symptoms, and the functioning of the parent and the child. Patients mentioned six key elements of success in treatment: focus on the whole family, flexible treatment tailored to the situation of the family, components of the whole treatment reinforcing each other, multi-disciplinary consultation among involved professionals, a liaison between adult and child mental health services, and attention to the social and economic environment. Conclusions: According to the majority of patients, treatment with an integrated family approach in mental health care is of value for themselves, their children, and family relationships, especially the parent-child relationship.

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“…Research has revealed that family-centered programs were associated with increased empowerment of parents and decreased behavioral problems of children (Damen et al 2019;De Graaf et al 2008;Dunst et al 2007;Graves and Shelton 2007;Thompson et al 1997;Whittingham et al 2009). For example, parents experienced more personal control over their family life and were more willing to make efforts to learn new ways to help their children to grow and develop when they were engaged during treatment, they were completely informed of their rights, and they had access to an individual support plan that was tailored to the family demands (Thompson et al 1997).…”

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“…Moreover, child behavioral problems decreased when helpgiving practices were individualized and responsive to the priorities and concerns of families and when they were focused on the involvement of parents in realizing their own goals (Dunst et al 2007). In addition, Damen et al (2019) and Graves and Shelton (2007) studied how changes in the empowerment of parents and behavioral problems of children were related and whether these changes in empowerment and behavioral problems are determined by familycenteredness of programs. Their findings indicate that the relation between family-centeredness and decreased behavioral problems of children is mediated by increased parental empowerment.…”

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Parental Empowerment and Child Behavioral Problems in Single and Two-Parent Families During Family Treatment

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We examined (1) the extent to which the family-centered program Intensive Family Treatment (IFT) succeeds in realizing beneficial parental psychological empowerment and child behavioral outcomes both in single-parent and two-parent families and (2) how these outcomes are influenced by the presence of a co-caregiver as a potential source of empowerment. A group of 140 single-mother and 156 mother-father families was compared. Information about empowerment of parents and children's behavioral problems was collected at the start and end of IFT and analyzed with cross-lagged panel analyses. Although single mothers and mothers in two-parent families were comparable in the extent of improvements in psychological empowerment (effect sizes were respectively 0.52 and 0.57) and child behavioral problems (effect sizes were both 0.49), they differ in how these improvements were achieved. For single-parent families, more maternal empowerment at the start of IFT was directly related to positive changes in child behavioral problems (β = −0.246, p < 0.01). Among twoparent families, more paternal empowerment at the start was directly related to improved maternal empowerment (β = 0.249, p < 0.001) but maternal empowerment at the start was not directly related to changes in the father's empowerment. This study stresses the importance of taking into account the presence or absence of a co-caregiver as a potential source of psychological empowerment during family-centered programs as IFT. KeywordsParental empowerment • Child behavioral problems • Family-structure • Co-caregiver's presence • Familycentered programs Highlights * Harm Damen

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Parental empowerment and child behavioural problems during youth care involvement

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Residential Youth Care Combined with Systemic Interventions: Exploring Relationships between Family-Centered Care and Outcomes

Residential Youth Care Combined with Systemic Interventions: Exploring Relationships between Family-Centered Care and Outcomes

The Patient’s Voice as a Parent in Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Study

Parental Empowerment and Child Behavioral Problems in Single and Two-Parent Families During Family Treatment

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