Table 1.
Intervention Outcome Studies for Family Check-Up
| Authors | Targeted Population | Sample Size | Length of Follow-up | Randomized Comparison Group | Measurement Strategies | Analytic Framework | Mediating Variable | Effect Size on DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dishion et al., 2002 | 90% of three public middle schools | 672 | 3 years | Controls (no intervention) | Student survey report of drug use | ITT | Small to medium | |
| Dishion et al., 2003 | 90% of three public middle schools | 72 | 3 years | Controls (no intervention) | Self-report drug use, observed monitoring at age 12 & 14 | ITT | Improved parental monitoring | Medium to large |
| Slavet et al., 2005 | Incarcerated adolescents | 10 | Immediate | N/A (feasibility trial) | Adolescents’ confidence in ability to resist drug use, parents’ confidence in ability to impact adolescents’ risky behaviors | N/A | Medium | |
| Shaw et al., 2006 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 120 | 3 years | Controls (no intervention) | Parent report child problem behavior, observed parenting | ITT | Improved parental monitoring | Medium |
| Uebelacker et al., 2006 | Community sample | 32 | 3 months | N/A (feasibility trial) | Parent report of family functioning and depression | N/A | Medium | |
| Connell et al., 2007 | 90% of three public middle schools | 998 | 5 years | Controls (no intervention) | Adolescent report, court records of youth drug use and problem behavior | ITT, CACE | Medium to very large | |
| Gardner et al., 2007 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 120 | 1 year | Controls (no intervention) | Observation of proactive parenting and parent report child problem behavior | ITT | Improved proactive parenting | Small |
| Connell et al., 2008 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 731 | 1 year | Controls (no intervention) | Parent report of externalizing and internalizing: co-morbidity | ITT | Small | |
| Connell & Dishion, 2008 | 90% of three public middle schools | 106 | 2 years | Controls (no intervention) | Adolescent report CDI depression | ITT, CACE | Medium to very large | |
| Dishion et al., 2008 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 731 | 3 years | Controls (no intervention) | Observation of parent positive behavior support and parent report child problem behavior | ITT | Improved positive behavior support | Small to medium |
| Connell, 2009 | 90% of three public middle schools | 998 | 11 years | Controls (no intervention) | Self-reported tobacco use | CACE | Small to very large | |
| Shaw et al., 2009 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 731 | 3 years | Controls (no intervention) | Parent report of child problem behavior maternal depression | ITT | Reduced maternal depressive symptoms | Small |
| Stormshak, Connell, & Dishion, 2009 | 90% of three public middle schools | 998 | 5 years | Controls (no intervention) | School records of attendance and grades for academic classes | CACE | Very large | |
| Stormshak et al., 2010 | 80% of three public middle schools | 377 | 4 years | Controls (no intervention) | Youth report of self-regulation (effortful control) | ITT | Improved self-regulation | Very small |
| Spirito et al., 2011 | Adolescents treated in an emergency department after an alcohol-related event | 125 | 1 year | Individual Motivational Interviewing for adolescent only | Youth report of alcohol use | ITT | Medium | |
| Stormshak et al., 2011 | 80% of three public middle schools | 593 | 2 years | Controls (no intervention) | Youth report of deviant peers, alcohol, and antisocial behavior | CACE | Large to very large | |
| Van Ryzin & Dishion, 2012 | 90% of three public middle schools | 998 | 7 years | Controls (no intervention) | Youth report conflict, antisocial behavior, deviant peers, and direct observation of family conflict | ITT | Reduced parent-child conflict | Medium to large |
| Fosco, Frank, Stormshak, & Dishion, 2013 | 80% of three public middle schools | 593 | 3 years | Controls (no intervention) | Youth report of self-regulation, antisocial behavior, drug use | ITT | Self-regulation | Very small |
| McEachern et al., 2013 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 435 | 3 years | Controls (no intervention) | Parent report of life satisfaction and child problem behavior | ITT | Reduced child behavior problems | Small |
| Caruthers, Ryzin, & Dishion, 2014 | 90% of three public middle schools | 998 | 5 years | Controls (no intervention) | Youth report of parent relationships, monitoring, high-risk sexual behavior and deviant peer involvement | ITT | Improved parent relationships and monitoring | Small |
| Chang, Shaw, Dishion, Gardner, & Wilson, 2014 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 731 | 5 years | Controls (no intervention) | Observation of parent positive behavior support and parent report inhibitory control | ITT | Increased inhibitory control | Small |
| Dishion et al., 2014 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 731 | 5 years | Controls (no intervention) | Parent and teacher report of problem behavior | ITT, CACE | Small to large | |
| Nelson, Van Ryzin, & Dishion, 2015 | 90% of three public middle schools | 998 | 12 years | Controls (no intervention) | Youth report of tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol use | ITT | Small to medium | |
| Sitnick et al., 2014 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 731 | 3 years | Controls (no intervention) | Observation of parent-child coercion and positive engagement at 2, 3, 4, and 5 years | ITT | Reduced parent-child coercion | Very small |
| Smith et al., 2014 | Combined two prevention trials in public middle schools | 1193 | 2 years | Controls (no intervention) | Youth report of ethnicity, family conflict, and antisocial behavior | ITT | Reduced family conflict | Small |
| Leijten et al., 2014 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 731 | 5 years | Controls (no intervention) | Parent report of service utilization at age 7 | ITT | Small | |
| Reuben, Shaw, Brennan, Dishion, & Wilson, 2015 | Children of families in WIC at risk for future conduct problems at age 2 | 731 | 6 years | Controls (no intervention) | Maternal report of depression and child behavior problems, observed coercion | ITT | Reduced maternal depressive symptoms | Very small |
| Veronneau, et al., in press | 90% of three public middle schools | 998 | 12–13 years | Controls (no intervention) | Self-reported tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use | ITT, CACE | Medium to very large |