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QUESTION: Do group based interventions for mothers and mothers plus children reduce mental health problems in adolescent children of divorced parents?
Design
Randomised {allocation concealed}*, blinded {data collectors}*, controlled trial with 6 years of follow up.
Setting
A metropolitan area of Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Patients
240 families with children 9–12 years of age (mean age 11 y, 51% boys) of divorced parents. Families were included if the mother was the primary residential parent; neither the mother nor any child was receiving treatment for mental health problems; mother had not remarried, did not plan to remarry, and had no live in boyfriend; custody was stable; mother and child were fluent in English; child was not learning disabled; and children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder were taking medication. Families were excluded if the …
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↵* Information provided by author.
Source of funding: National Institute of Mental Health.
For correspondence: Dr S A Wolchik, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. sharlene.wolchik{at}asu.edu