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The Effect of Family Counselling on the Mental Health of 10–11–Year‐Old Children in Low‐ and High‐Risk Families: a Longitudinal Approach
Author(s) -
Aronen Eeva
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb00977.x
Subject(s) - psychology , mental health , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , pathology
This study investigated the effect of family counselling on the child's mental health in low‐and high ‐risk families. The material consisted of 160 families with a baby born in 1975–76. First, the families were classified with a weighted risk index into low ‐and high ‐risk families. Eighty of the families attended a five‐year‐long family counselling made a statistically significant contribution to the 10–11‐year‐old child's mental health. The counselling had a positive effect both in low‐and high‐risk families