title: Development of an Empirically Based Preventive Intervention for Depression in Preadolescent African American Girls.
abstract: We describe the development, feasibility, and acceptability of a novel preventive intervention for depression in African American girls living in urban poverty. Our approach targeted individual and interpersonal vulnerabilities that have been shown to confer risk for depression in samples of African American girls living in low-income, urban settings, including suppression of negative emotion and lack of assertiveness with peers, memory for positive emotion, active coping, and family connection. Focus groups and an open trial were conducted to refine the goals and mechanisms for skill building. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the new program (Cities Mother-Daughter Project) was conducted with 3rd-5th grade students from Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Three cycles of screening, randomization, and deployment were conducted to assess feasibility, satisfaction, and usability. Results indicate that feasibility was weak; whereas, satisfaction and usability were high. Future directions for testing efficacy are discussed.
authors: DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA. sduffy8@depaul.edu.
authors: Sophia
authors: S
authors: Duffy
authors: DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Tasha M
authors: TM
authors: Brown
authors: DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Tiamo
authors: T
authors: Katsonga-Phiri
authors: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Alida
authors: A
authors: Bouris
authors: DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Kathryn E
authors: KE
authors: Grant
authors: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Kate
authors: K
authors: Keenan
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control*; D036262:Empirical Research; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D001741:Black or African American
keywords: Culturally specific intervention; Depression prevention in African American girls; Intervention development