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Multi-Family Groups for Multi-Stressed Families: Initial Outcomes and Future Implications
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Jackson, Jerrold M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Purpose: To examine the influence of caregiver stress on attendance among urban families involved in a multiple family group (MFG) intervention, as well as pre/post changes in childhood behavioral difficulties, caregiver stress, caregiver depressive symptoms, caregiver coping by substance use, and caregiver motivation to change. Methods:…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Caregivers, Urban Population, Group Therapy
Exposure to 911 among Youth and Their Mothers in New York City: Enduring Associations with Mental Health and Sociopolitical Attitudes
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Gershoff, Elizabeth T.; Aber, J. Lawrence; Ware, Angelica; Kotler, Jennifer A. – Child Development, 2010
The enduring impact of exposure to the 911 terrorist attacks on mental health and sociopolitical attitudes was examined in a sample of 427 adolescents (M = 16.20 years) and their mothers residing in New York City. Direct exposure to the terrorist attack was associated with youth depression symptoms and with mothers' posttraumatic stress disorder…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Terrorism, Mothers, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Racial Differences in Suicidality in an Older Urban Population
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Cohen, Carl I.; Colemon, Yolonda; Yaffee, Robert; Casimir, Georges J. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: This study used epidemiological data of older African Americans and Caucasians living in an urban community to compare those factors associated with active or passive suicidal ideation in each racial group. Design and Methods: Using 1990 census data for Brooklyn, New York, we attempted to interview all cognitively intact adults aged 55 or…
Descriptors: African Americans, Incidence, Suicide, Racial Differences
Teenagers' Attitudes about Coping Strategies and Help-Seeking Behavior for Suicidality
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Gould, Madelyn S.; Velting, Drew; Kleinman, Marjorie; Lucas, Christopher; Thomas, John Graham; Chung, Michelle – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: To identify youths' attitudes about coping and help-seeking strategies for suicidal ideation/behavior and examine their demographic and clinical correlates. Method: A self-report survey was completed by high school students (N = 2,419) in six New York State schools from 1998 through 2001. The relationship between suicide attitudes and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Suicide, Depression (Psychology), Coping
Childhood Sexual Abuse, Social Support, and Psychological Outcomes: A Loss Framework
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Murthi, Meera; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objective: The objectives of the study were: (a) to develop a scale to assess CSA-related loss among a college sample of CSA survivors (CSALM), (b) to examine the measure's convergent validity through associations among depression, alexithymia, coping, and social support, and (c) to test whether social support moderates the relation between…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Depression (Psychology), Coping, Sexual Abuse
Spirituality and Psychological Adaptation among Women with HIV/AIDS: Implications for Counseling
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Simoni, Jane M.; Martone, Maria G.; Kerwin, Joseph F. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2002
Survey interviews with 230 predominantly African American and Puerto Rican low-income women who were living with HIV/AIDS in New York City revealed high levels of spirituality and spiritually based coping with HIV. Both spirituality indicators positively correlated with the frequency of receipt of HIV-related social support; they were negatively…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Religious Factors, Psychological Patterns