%0 Journal Article
%T Collateral effects of coping power on caregiver symptoms of depression and long-term changes in child behavior
%J Development and psychopathology
%D 2024
%A Saavedra, Lissette M.
%A Lochman, John E.
%A Morgan-Lopez, Antonio A.
%A McDaniel, Heather L.
%A Bradshaw, Catherine P.
%A Powell, Nicole P.
%A Qu, Lixin
%A Budavari, Alexa
%A Yaros, Anna C.
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X A large body of research demonstrates positive impacts of the Coping Power Program as a preventive intervention for youth behavioral outcomes, but potential collateral effects for caregivers is less known. The current study examined whether the youth-focused Coping Power Program can have a secondary impact on caregiver self-reported symptoms of depression and in turn result in longer-term impacts on child disruptive behavior problems including aggression, conduct problems and hyperactivity. Data from 360 youth/caregiver pairs across 8 waves of data (grades 4 through 10) were analyzed. We used two methodological approaches to (a) assess indirect effects in the presence of potential bidirectionality using timepoint-to-timepoint dynamic effects under Autoregressive Latent Trajectory modeling and (b) estimate scale scores in the presence of measurement non-invariance. <br><br>RESULTS showed that individually delivered Coping Power (ICP) produced greater direct effects on conduct problems and indirect effects on general externalizing and hyperactivity (through reductions in caregiver self-reported symptoms of depression), compared to group Coping Power (GCP). In comparison to GCP, ICP produced similar direct effects on reductions in caregiver depression. Child-focused prevention interventions can have an indirect impact on caregiver depression, which later shows improvements in longer-term reductions for child disruptive problems.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 0954-5794
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S095457942300144X