Solution-focused brief therapy for behavior problems in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis of treatment effectiveness and family involvement

A Meta-Analysis of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for School-Related Problems in Adolescents

“…In general, we could say that the present effect size ( g = 1.80) was higher compared to other studies aiming at testing the effect of SFBT on various problems in different populations. Of these, the study of Hsu et al (2021) was .43 for externalizing and .18 for internalizing problems (children and adolescents), Kim (2008) from .13 to .26 (the mixed participants), Schmit et al (2016) from .24 to .31 (youth and adults), and Zhang, Franklin, et al (2018) and Zhang, Ji, et al (2018) from .28 to .34 (the mixed participants).…”

“…The literature has indicated that SFBT is an effective treatment for a wide variety of behavioral and emotional outcomes and, in addition, appears to be briefer and less costly than alternative approaches. These include patients with psychotic symptoms (Rhodes & Jakes, 2002), individuals with mental health problems such as depression and anxiety (Maljanen et al, 2012), youth probationers with social readjustment problems and aggressive behaviors (Shin, 2009), parents using substance involved in child welfare system (Kim et al, 2022), individuals with reading difficulties (Daki & Savage, 2010), young and adult individuals who have substance use problems (Franklin & Hai, 2021), children and adolescents with behavior difficulties (Hsu et al, 2021), and parents with psychological distress whose children were cancer diagnosis (Zhang, Ji, et al, 2018). For example, a meta-analysis study by Zhang, Franklin, et al (2018) tested the effectiveness of SFBT in medical settings by synthesizing nine randomized controlled trials.…”

“…Furthermore, there is no meta-analytic study focusing on only adolescents to test the effectiveness of SFBT. Generally, we see that meta-analytic studies that aimed at assessing the effectiveness of SFBT for adolescents gathered around mental health problems among the general population in which adolescents included, such as internalizing and externalizing problems (Hsu et al, 2021; Schmit et al, 2016). For example, a study conducted by Kim et al (2015) supported this evaluation.…”

“…The findings indicated the positive impact of SFBT on Chinese clients with mental health-related problems. Likewise, Hsu et al's (2021) study with twenty trials investigated the overall effectiveness of SFBT for behavior problems in children and adolescents under 18 years of age. The findings found a small to medium positive effect size favoring SFBT for child and adolescent behavioral problems.…”

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“…Solution-focused therapy can be seen as a more suitable method for children and adolescence, because behavior and cognitions, rather than feelings, are targeted for change (Corcoran, 2006). Although meta-analysis and review studies in the literature show that solution-focused therapies are generally effective on behavioral problems, there are different findings on this subject (Bond et al, 2013;Hsu et al, 2020;Kim, 2007).…”