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dc.contributor.authorHarnett, PH
dc.contributor.authorDawe, S
dc.contributor.editorAlbert R Roberts
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:23:00Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:23:00Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2009-05-22T07:49:42Z
dc.identifier.issn1474-3310
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/brief-treatment/mhn010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/23286
dc.description.abstractImproving the functioning of families at high risk of child maltreatment poses considerable challenges. One issue is the dilemma of how and when it is appropriate to provide an intervention designed to improve family functioning when the level of risk of the family to the child has not been fully established. A recently reported proposal is to assess the family's capacity to change by assessing the family's response to a brief intervention. This proposed model for assessing capacity to change rests on the assumption that brief interventions can achieve meaningful short-term change in high risk families. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a home-based intensive treatment program in families referred by child protection services. The program, Parents Under Pressure, was designed for multiproblem families and addresses problems across ecological domains, including problem child behavior, parental stress, family relationships, social isolation, and coping with life demands. Ten families completed the program. Statistically significant improvement was found between the pre- and postassessment measures on measures of parent functioning, child functioning, parent-child relationships, and social contextual measures. The majority of families showed clinically significant improvement, although a small proportion of the families showed no change or deteriorated. The presenting problems and pattern of change varied between families. The study adds to the increasing body of evidence that intensive, ecologically informed interventions can achieve short-term change in some but not all multiproblem families. Implications of the results for assessing parental capacity to change are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeOxford UK
dc.publisher.urihttp://brief-treatment.oxfordjournals.org/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom226
dc.relation.ispartofpageto235
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBrief Treatment and Crisis Intervention
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode170106
dc.titleReducing child abuse potential in families identified by social services: Implications for assessment and treatment
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDawe, Sharon
gro.griffith.authorHarnett, Paul H.


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