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The preventive and therapeutic effects of two school mental health programs
Author(s) -
Glidewell John C.,
Gildea Margaret C. -L.,
Kaufman Mildred K.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf01312589
Subject(s) - health psychology , referral , mental health , public health , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , family medicine , nursing
Abstract In 30 classrooms randomly assigned to experimental conditions, effects on mothers' reports of behavior symptoms were compared for ( a ) a parent education program; ( b ) an in‐school program of consultation, counseling, training, and referral; and ( c ) control classrooms. A sample of 426 families were followed for 30 months from the child's entry into third grade. A simple unweighted count of the number of symptoms reported in a home interview had adequate validity, good reliability, low reactivity, and intrinsic significance. Both programs had significant preventive and therapeutic effects on boys but not on girls. Effects were immediate in the upper middle class families, delayed in the lower class families.