NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Elizabeth Stormshak; Arin Connell; Anne Marie Mauricio; Morgan McLaughlin; Allison Caruthers – Prevention Science, 2025
This study evaluated direct and indirect effects of the Family Check-Up Online (FCU-O) across two distinct randomized trials with middle school youth and families. The FCU-O is a digital health adaptation of the Family Check-Up that is delivered in a brief, online format with supportive coaching. The FCU-O was delivered to parents of middle school…
Descriptors: Parenting Skills, Health Services, Delivery Systems, Family Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Anne Marie Mauricio; Katherine A. Hails; Allison S. Caruthers; Arin M. Connell; Elizabeth A. Stormshak – Grantee Submission, 2024
We adapted the Family Check-Up Online (FCU-O): 1) to support families coping with pandemic-related stressors to prevent behavioral and emotional problems among middle school youth, and 2) for smartphone delivery to increase access and reach during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study evaluated the direct and indirect effects of the adapted FCU-O at…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Parenting Skills, Stress Variables, Stress Management
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cantero-García, María; Garrido-Hernansaiz, Helena; Alonso-Tapia, Jesús – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2020
Introduction: Children's and adolescents' behavioral problems are one of the main concerns in today's society families. Confronted with these problems, there are families that can very well cope with them and get ahead, whereas other families are overwhelmed without knowing how to act. This difference may be related the non appropriate use of…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Psychoeducational Methods, Program Effectiveness, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sisman, Fatma Nevin; Tok, Ozlem; Ergun, Ayse – School Psychology International, 2017
Nail-biting is one of the most common behavioral problems in children. This study aimed to examine factors affecting nail-biting among adolescents and the effects of psychological state and social support on nail-biting. This cross-sectional study was conducted between January and May of 2014 in seven schools in Istanbul (N = 724). Data were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Habit Formation
Stormshak, Elizabeth A.; Seeley, John R.; Caruthers, Allison S.; Cardenas, Lucia; Moore, Kevin J.; Tyler, Milagra S.; Fleming, Christopher M.; Gau, Jeff; Danaher, Brian – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study evaluated the efficacy of a family-centered preventive intervention, the Family Check-Up (FCU), delivered as an online, eHealth model to middle school families. To increase accessibility of family-centered prevention in schools, we adapted the evidence-based FCU to an online format, with the goal of providing a model of service delivery…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Family Programs
Smolkowski, Keith; Seeley, John R.; Gau, Jeffery M.; Dishion, Tom J.; Stormshak, Elizabeth A.; Moore, Kevin J.; Falkenstein, Corrina A.; Fosco, Gregory M.; Garbacz, S. Andrew – Grantee Submission, 2017
This article presents the results of an evaluation of Positive Family Support, an ecological family intervention and treatment approach to parent supports and family management training developed from a history of basic and translational research. This effectiveness trial, with 41 public middle schools randomly assigned to intervention or control,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers