Family Mediation Program For At-Risk Youth

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Status

Completed

Conditions

Family Functioning

Treatments

Behavioral: Families Able To Resolve Situations (FARS)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01944748

R34DA031910

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this project is to conduct a pilot evaluation of a parent-child mediation program for at-risk youth. It is investigating whether families who receive parent-child mediation show greater improvement in family functioning, as well as adolescent substance use, academic performance, and delinquency, over a 6-week and 12-week period compared to a wait-list control sample.

Enrollment

111 patients

Sex

All

Ages

12 to 19 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Has a child referred to FARS due to having problems in any of the following areas: (a) poor grades; (b) truancy; (c) defiant behavior; (d) running away; (e) delinquency; (f) substance use
Agrees to participate in at least one FARS mediation session
Agrees to complete 3 surveys and be available over the next 3 months for follow-up
Fluent in English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria: Families referred to FARS due to: (a) conflicts involving gang violence (e.g., shootings, killings); (b) conflicts involving weapons; (c) arson; (d) conflicts involving explicit sex activities; (e) conflicts involving domestic violence/child abuse; and (f) threats to harm self or others.