Table 3.
Intervention Outcome Studies for Treatment Foster Care, Oregon
| Authors | Targeted Population | Sample Size | Length of Follow-up | Randomized Comparison Group | Measurement Strategies | Analytic Framework | Mediating Variable | Effect Size on DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leve, Chamberlain, & Reid, 2005 | Girls referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 81 | 12 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Days in locked settings, recidivism and criminal activity | ITT | N/A | Small to medium |
| Leve & Chamberlain, 2005 | Male and female adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 153 | 12 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Delinquent peer affiliations | ITT | Delinquent peer association during intervention | Small |
| Leve & Chamberlain, 2007 | Female adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 81 | 12 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | School attendance, homework completion | ITT | N/A | Small |
| Chamberlain, Leve, & DeGarmo, 2007 | Female adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 81 | 24 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Delinquency, criminal referrals, days in locked settings | ITT | N/A | Small to medium |
| Kerr et al., 2009 | Female adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 166 | 24 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Pregnancies | ITT | N/A | Medium |
| Harold et al., 2013 | Female adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 166 | 24 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Depressive symptoms and diagnosis | ITT | N/A | Small to medium |
| Poulton et al., 2014 | Female adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 166 | 24 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Psychotic symptoms | ITT | N/A | Medium |
| Fisher, Gunnar, Chamberlain, & Reid, 2000 | Children referred for placement in foster home by child welfare system because of one or more placement disruptions and/or highly disruptive behavior | 30 | 3 months | N/A (pilot study) | Parenting strategies, parent/foster stress, child behavior problems and salivary cortisol levels | N/A | N/A | Medium to large |
| Eddy & Chamberlain, 2000 | Male adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 79 | 24 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Antisocial behavior construct | ITT | Family management skills, deviant peer association | Medium |
| Chamberlain, Moreland, & Reid, 1992 | Children placed in foster care for at least three months | 72 | 24 months | Control (treatment-as-usual) | Retention of foster families, disruption in placements, child behavior problems, staff impression of parenting practices | ITT | N/A | Small to medium |
| Chamberlain & Reid, 1998 | Male adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 79 | 12 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Official records and self-report of criminal referrals, reunification with family members days in locked settings | ITT | N/A | Medium to large |
| Chamberlain et al., 2008 | Children being placed in foster care for the first time, being moved due to disruptive behavior, or returning to foster care from another setting | 700 | 5 months | Control (treatment-as-usual) | Child behavior problems, positive reinforcement practices by parents | ITT | N/A | Small |
| Rhoades, Leve, Harold, Kim, & Chamberlain, 2014 | Female adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 166 | 9 years | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Self-report of illicit drug use | ITT | N/A | Small to medium |
| Smith et al., 2012 | Female adolescents referred by court for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency, with at least one traumatic experience | 30 | 12 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Trauma-related mental health symptoms, delinquency, days spent in locked settings | ITT | N/A | Medium |
| Smith, Chamberlain, & Eddy, 2010 | Male adolescents referred by juvenile court judges for out-of-home care due to chronic delinquency | 79 | 18 months | Control (treatment-as-usual: group care setting) | Adolescent self-report of drug and alcohol use | ITT | N/A | Small to medium |