Family Therapy with Delinquents: A Critical Review of the Literature

Tolan, Patrick H.; Cromwell, Ronald E.; Brasswell, Michael

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1986.00619.x

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“…Further, we hypothesized that level of family functioning would moderate the relation between stress exposure reported at baseline and internalizing symptoms at waves four and five with stress-exposed youth and caregivers from highly functioning families reporting fewer internalizing symptoms than stress-exposed youth and caregivers from struggling families. We based our hypotheses on a developmental ecological model of risk and psychopathology in youth (e.g., Tolan et al 1986, 1995; Tolan and McKay 1996), which suggests that social stressors may disrupt important family processes that have been implicated in the development of psychopathology in youth.…”

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The Role of Stress Exposure and Family Functioning in Internalizing Outcomes of Urban Families

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Although research suggests that stress exposure and family functioning are associated with internalizing problems in adolescents and caregivers, surprisingly few studies have investigated the mechanisms that underlie this association. To determine whether family functioning buffers the development of internalizing problems in stress-exposed families, we assessed the relation between stress exposure, family functioning, and internalizing symptoms among a large sample of inner-city male youth and their caregivers living in poverty across five waves of data collection. We hypothesized that stress exposure and family functioning would predict development of subsequent youth and caregiver internalizing problems and that family functioning would moderate this relation, with higher functioning families demonstrating greater resiliency to stress exposure. We used a longitudinal, prospective design to evaluate whether family functioning (assessed at waves one through four) activated or buffered the effects of stress exposure (assessed at wave one) on subsequent internalizing symptoms (assessed at waves four and five). Stress from Developmental Transitions and family functioning were significant predictors of depressive symptoms and anxiety in youth; however, family functioning did not moderate the relation. Family functioning mediated the relation between stress from Daily Hassles and internalizing outcomes suggesting that poor parenting practices, low structure, and low emotional cohesion activate depression and anxiety in youth exposed to chronic and frequent everyday stressors. Surprisingly, only family functioning predicted depressive symptoms in caregivers. Results validate the use of a comprehensive, multi-informant assessment of stress when investigating internalizing outcomes in youth and support using family-based interventions in the treatment and prevention of internalizing.

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“…Similarly, because delinquency is multi-determined, with contributing factors occurring across multiple settings (i.e., family, peer, school, neighborhood), any treatment approach--traditional or home-based---with a relatively narrow focus of in-tervention is not likely to succeed with delinquents (Guerra & Slaby, 1990;Hazelrigg, Cooper, & Borduin, 1987;Tolan, Cromwell, & Brasswell, 1986). Henggeler and Borduin (in press) have argued that effective treatments for serious antisocial behavior in adolescents must address the multiple determinants of such behavior (requiring complex, broad-level interventions) and must address such behavior in its naturally occurring contexts (requiring home and community-based service delivery).…”

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Family preservation using multisystemic treatment: Long-term follow-up to a clinical trial with serious juvenile offenders

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J Child Fam Stud

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“…This work has long documented that there is a reduction in delinquent behaviors (measured by rearrests, recidivism, and truancy) when family therapy is used as a modality (Tolan, Cromwell, & Brasswell, 1986). Compared to individual treatment, family treatment has been shown to be more effective (Perkins-Dock, 2001).…”

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Service Approaches for Youths Who Commit Sexual Crimes: A Call for Family-Oriented Models

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2014

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

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Sexual crimes committed by youths are a major social concern. Currently, adult-based models of service delivery are applied to juveniles with very little evidence to support treatment effectiveness. With prevailing limitations to these approaches, consideration of methods for improving services to youths is warranted. Adapting traditional treatment approaches to incorporate family-oriented models of service delivery is likely to improve youth and family outcomes. The goal of this article is twofold: (1) to review the state of the evidence of current treatments for sexually abusive youths, identifying gaps in services and research, and (2) to suggest service improvements by incorporating family treatment approaches and reviewing the extant evidence for existing family-oriented models.

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Family Therapy with Delinquents: A Critical Review of the Literature

Cited by 86 publications

References 75 publications

The Role of Stress Exposure and Family Functioning in Internalizing Outcomes of Urban Families

The Role of Stress Exposure and Family Functioning in Internalizing Outcomes of Urban Families

Family preservation using multisystemic treatment: Long-term follow-up to a clinical trial with serious juvenile offenders

Service Approaches for Youths Who Commit Sexual Crimes: A Call for Family-Oriented Models

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