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Reducing youth internalizing symptoms: Effects of a family-based preventive intervention on parental guilt induction and youth cognitive style

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2014

Laura G. McKee ,
Justin Parent ,
Rex Forehand ,
Aaron Rakow ,
Kelly H. Watson ,
Jennifer P. Dunbar ,
Michelle M. Reising ,
Emily Hardcastle  and
Bruce E. Compas
Laura G. McKee*
Affiliation:
Clark University
Justin Parent
Affiliation:
University of Vermont
Rex Forehand
Affiliation:
University of Vermont
Aaron Rakow
Affiliation:
Children's National Medical Center and George Washington School of Medicine
Kelly H. Watson
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University
Jennifer P. Dunbar
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University
Michelle M. Reising
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University
Emily Hardcastle
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University
Bruce E. Compas
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Laura G. McKee, Department of Psychology, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Jonas Clark Hall, Worcester, MA 01610; E-mail: lmckee@clarku.edu.
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Abstract

This study utilized structural equation modeling to examine the associations among parental guilt induction (a form of psychological control), youth cognitive style, and youth internalizing symptoms, with parents and youth participating in a randomized controlled trial of a family-based group cognitive–behavioral preventive intervention targeting families with a history of caregiver depression. The authors present separate models utilizing parent report and youth report of internalizing symptoms. Findings suggest that families in the active condition (family-based group cognitive–behavioral group) relative to the comparison condition showed a significant decline in parent use of guilt induction at the conclusion of the intervention (6 months postbaseline). Furthermore, reductions in parental guilt induction at 6 months were associated with significantly lower levels of youth negative cognitive style at 12 months. Finally, reductions in parental use of guilt induction were associated with lower youth internalizing symptoms 1 year following the conclusion of the intervention (18 months postbaseline).

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , May 2014 , pp. 319 - 332
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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