title: The Family Bereavement Program: description of a theory-based prevention program for parentally-bereaved children and adolescents.
abstract: This article describes a preventive intervention to promote resilience of parentally bereaved youth. This intervention includes separate but concurrent programs for youth and caregivers that were developed to change empirically-supported risk and protective factors. We first discuss the risk that parental death confers to youth mental health and social adaptation outcomes. Next, we discuss the theoretical framework underlying this program. After describing the content and structure of the program, we describe the results of an experimental field trial and discuss directions for future work.
authors: Tim S
authors: TS
authors: Ayers
authors: Sharlene A
authors: SA
authors: Wolchik
authors: Irwin N
authors: IN
authors: Sandler
authors: Joan L
authors: JL
authors: Twohey
authors: Janelle Lutzke
authors: JL
authors: Weyer
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Padgett-Jones
authors: Lillie
authors: L
authors: Weiss
authors: Eloise
authors: E
authors: Cole
authors: Gary
authors: G
authors: Kriege
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001601:Bereavement; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D063129:Parental Death / Q000523:psychology*; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*