TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Effects of structural family therapy on child and maternal mental health symptomatology
JO  - Research on social work practice
A1  - Weaver, Addie
A1  - Greeno, Catherine G.
A1  - Marcus, Steven C.
A1  - Fusco, Rachel A.
A1  - Zimmerman, Tina
A1  - Anderson, Carol
SP  - 294
EP  - 303
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
N2  - Objective: This pilot study examined the effect of structural family therapy (SFT) on children's impairment and depressive symptomatology and mothers' depressive symptomatology and anxiety for 31 families served by a community mental health clinic. Method: A one group predesign/postdesign, with a baseline and two follow-up time points, was used. Results: A series of repeated measures analyses of variance showed significant improvement for mothers' depression, F(2, 36) = 6.93, p = .003, η2 = .278, and anxiety, F(2, 34) = 6.44, p = .004, η2 = .275. Mothers' ratings of their children's impairment significantly improved, F(2, 42) = 6.27, p = .005, η2 = .270, though children's self-rated impairment and depressive symptomatology did not change. Results were confirmed using random regression analyses. Conclusion: SFT has promise for simultaneously addressing mothers' and children's needs in community mental health settings. However, structural barriers impacting feasibility were identified and discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-7315
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731512470492
ID  - ref1
ER  -