van der Pol Thimo M, Henderson Craig E, Hendriks Vincent, Schaub Michael P, Rigter Henk
1 Curium, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
2 VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 May;62(6):1573-1588. doi: 10.1177/0306624X16687536. Epub 2017 Jan 11.
Multidimensional family therapy (MDFT) is an established treatment program for youth displaying multiproblem behavior. We examined whether MDFT decreased criminal offending among cannabis abusing adolescents, as compared with individual psychotherapy (IP). In a Western European randomized controlled trial comparing MDFT with IP, a sample of 169 adolescents with a cannabis disorder completed self-reports on criminal offending. Half indicated they had committed one or more criminal offenses in the 90 days before the baseline assessment. Follow-up assessments were at 6 and 12 months after randomization. The proportion of adolescents reporting nondelinquency increased during the study period, most so in the MDFT condition. In addition, MDFT lowered the number of violent offenses more than IP. This difference was not seen for property crimes. In cannabis abusing adolescents, MDFT is an effective treatment to prevent and reduce criminal offending. MDFT outperforms IP for violent crimes.
多维家庭治疗（MDFT）是一个针对表现出多种问题行为的青少年的既定治疗项目。我们研究了与个体心理治疗（IP）相比，MDFT是否能减少大麻滥用青少年的犯罪行为。在一项将MDFT与IP进行比较的西欧随机对照试验中，169名患有大麻障碍的青少年样本完成了关于犯罪行为的自我报告。一半的人表示他们在基线评估前的90天内实施了一项或多项犯罪。随访评估在随机分组后的6个月和12个月进行。在研究期间，报告无犯罪行为的青少年比例有所增加，在MDFT组中增加最多。此外，MDFT比IP更能降低暴力犯罪的数量。对于财产犯罪，未发现这种差异。在大麻滥用青少年中，MDFT是预防和减少犯罪行为的有效治疗方法。在暴力犯罪方面，MDFT优于IP。
