Price Joseph M, Roesch Scott, Walsh Natalia Escobar
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182 ; Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, 3665 Kearny Villa Rd., Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92123.
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2012 Dec;34(12):2487-2494. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.09.010.
Externalizing behavior problems are highly prevalent among children in foster care, placing them at risk for placement disruptions and later personal and social maladjustment. The KEEP foster parent intervention was designed to equip foster parents and relative caregivers with the parenting skills necessary for managing challenging behavior problems. In prior research, the KEEP intervention was found to be effective in reducing child behavior problems. In the current study, the KEEP foster parent intervention was implemented in San Diego County during a three-year trial. The intervention was delivered by paraprofessionals employed by a local community agency (Social Advocates for Youth, San Diego) to 181 foster parent and relative caregivers of boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 12. The control group from an earlier effectiveness study of the KEEP intervention that was also conducted in San Diego County was utilized as a historical comparison group. Regression analyses were used to examine the effects of the intervention on reducing levels of child behavior problems at treatment termination. Consistent with the findings from the previous KEEP effectiveness study, the intervention was found to be effective in reducing child behavior problems when delivered by a community agency. Furthermore, the KEEP intervention was found to be effective in reducing child behavior problems among children displaying various levels of initial behavior problems.
外化行为问题在寄养儿童中极为普遍，这使他们面临安置中断以及日后个人和社会适应不良的风险。“关爱寄养父母”干预措施旨在为寄养父母和亲属照料者提供管理具有挑战性的行为问题所需的育儿技能。在先前的研究中，发现“关爱”干预措施在减少儿童行为问题方面是有效的。在当前的研究中，“关爱寄养父母”干预措施在圣地亚哥县进行了为期三年的试验。该干预措施由当地社区机构（圣地亚哥青年社会倡导者）雇佣的辅助专业人员提供给181名年龄在5至12岁之间的男孩和女孩的寄养父母及亲属照料者。来自先前同样在圣地亚哥县进行的“关爱”干预措施有效性研究的对照组被用作历史比较组。采用回归分析来检验干预措施在治疗结束时对降低儿童行为问题水平的效果。与先前“关爱”有效性研究的结果一致，发现该干预措施由社区机构实施时在减少儿童行为问题方面是有效的。此外，还发现“关爱”干预措施在减少表现出不同初始行为问题水平的儿童的行为问题方面是有效的。
