title: Collateral benefits of the family check-up in early childhood: primary caregivers' social support and relationship satisfaction.
abstract: This research investigated potential collateral benefits of the Family Check-Up (FCU) intervention, namely, primary caregivers' perceived social support and couple relationship satisfaction. A subsample of 435 low-income families with a 2-year-old child was recruited to participate in a randomized controlled trial assessing preventative effects of the FCU. Longitudinal growth models were used to evaluate intention-to-treat effects of the FCU on increases in primary caregivers' ratings of social support satisfaction with perceived social support and significant-other relationships, and indirect effects on primary caregivers through improvements in children's behavior problems. Support was found for a model in which reductions in child problem behavior from ages 2 to 4 predicted positive change in caregiver-rated social support and relationship satisfaction over a 3-year period. This indirect effects model is discussed with respect to implications for early childhood prevention research focused on improving family functioning.
authors: Mid America Health.
authors: Amber D
authors: AD
authors: McEachern
authors: Human Development and Family Studies Department, The Pennsylvania State University.
authors: Gregory M
authors: GM
authors: Fosco
authors: Child and Family Center, University of Oregon.
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Dishion
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh.
authors: Daniel S
authors: DS
authors: Shaw
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
authors: Melvin N
authors: MN
authors: Wilson
authors: Department of Social Policy & Intervention, Oxford University.
authors: Frances
authors: F
authors: Gardner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005195:Family Relations; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D016896:Treatment Outcome