| Preselection |
| IC 0 |
(1) The study focuses on children of parents with addiction and (2) the children, not the parents, are central. |
| Outcome: Association between at least one protective factor and the child’s mental health |
| IC 1 |
Protective factor: at least one factor is examined that protects or strengthens … |
| IC 2 |
… the child’s mental health (mental and social functioning) |
| Population: children of families in which at least one parent has an alcohol or drug use disorder (NOT: especially strained samples who experienced, for example, war, flight, physical impairment/disease, mental disability, child abuse, drug use during pregnancy) |
| IC 3 |
Children: all children and adolescents with a mean age of ≤ 21 years who are in contact with… |
| IC 4 |
Parents: at least one parent who currently or previously had substance-related abuse or dependence involving legal and/or illicit drugs (NOT: tobacco addiction/behavioral addictions, e.g., pathological gambling) |
| IC 5 |
The study population of the control group (case-control studies) or the initial population (cohort studies) is made up of children with lower levels of mental health and… |
| IC 6 |
Children with lower levels of the examined protective factor. |
| Publication |
| IC 7 |
The study is original, empirical research that was published in a peer-reviewed journal (NOT: a dissertation, congress contribution) |
| Study design |
| IC 8 |
The design of the study is one of the following: |
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(retrospective or prospective) cohort study OR |
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case-control study OR |
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cross-sectional study |
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NOT: intervention study |
| Diagnostics |
| IC 9 |
Parents: formal diagnostic evaluation for a substance abuse disorder or addiction was performed in accordance with the DSM-III, DSM-IV, DSM-IV-TR, ICD-9, ICD-10, RDC OR via an instrument that allows for a valid and reliable diagnosis OR via the application of a urine test OR based on the long-term use of a substance with high addictiveness (e.g., heroin, methamphetamine) OR the sample was recruited from larger longitudinal or interventional studies evaluating the effectiveness of addiction treatments (NOT: parental diagnosis based only on the children’s perspective) |
| IC 10 |
Children: the assessment of the child’s mental health was performed via a standardized instrument that allows for a valid and reliable assessment |
