title: Reducing conduct problems among children of battered women.
abstract: This study was an experimental evaluation of an intervention designed to reduce conduct problems among children of battered women. Participants were 36 families (mothers and children) in which the mother had sought shelter because of relationship violence and had at least 1 child (4-9 years old) with clinical levels of conduct problems. The intervention consisted of 2 primary components: (a) providing instrumental and emotional support and (b) teaching child management skills to mothers. Families were randomly assigned to either the intervention condition or the existing services comparison condition and were assessed on 5 occasions over 16 months after shelter departure. Compared with families receiving existing services, children in the intervention condition improved at a faster rate, the proportion of children displaying clinical levels of conduct problems was greatly diminished, and mothers displayed greater improvements in child management skills.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Texas 77204, USA. ejouriles@uh.edu
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Jouriles
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spiller
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Norwood
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Swank
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ware
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Buzy
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires