Multiple‐Family Group Intervention for Incarcerated Male Adolescents Who Sexually Offend and Their Families: Change in Maladaptive Emotion Regulation Predicts Adaptive Change in Adolescent Behaviors. (8th May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Keiley, Margaret K.; Zaremba‐Morgan, Ali; Datubo‐Brown, Christiana; Pyle, Raven; Cox, Milira
• Is Part Of: Journal of marital and family therapy. Volume 41:Number 3(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 324
• Page End: 339
• Publication Date: 2014-05-08
• Subjects: Marriage counseling -- United States -- Periodicals; Family psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Family -- Periodicals; Family Therapy -- Periodicals; Marriage -- Periodicals; Gezinstherapie; Conseil conjugal -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; Thérapie familiale -- Périodiques; 616.89156
• DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12078
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0194-472X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jmft12078-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The multiple‐family group intervention is an effective, yet affordable, 8‐week treatment that is conducted in a juvenile correctional institution in Alabama with adolescents who sexually offend and their families. Data from 115 incarcerated male adolescents and their male and female caregivers collected at pre‐, post‐, and 1‐year follow‐up were used to determine that problem behaviors (internalizing, externalizing) decreased over pre‐ and posttest and the significant decreases in maladaptive emotion regulation predicted those changes. Adolescent‐reported anxiety over abandonment and attachment dependence on parents increased significantly; these changes were predicted by decreases in maladaptive emotion regulation. Linear growth models were also fit over the 3 time points and indicate decreases in adolescent problem behavior and maladaptive emotion regulation.</p> </abstract>