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Predictors of family participation in a multiple family group intervention for aggressive middle school students

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Quinn, WH; Hall, DB; Smith, EP; Rabiner, D
Published in: Journal of Community Psychology
March 1, 2010

The authors examine predictors of family participation in the G.R.E.A.T. Families Program of the Multisite Violence Prevention Project (MVPP), a four-site collaboration examining student, teacher, and family interventions for middle school students. Teachers recruited two cohorts of sixth grade students, recognized as being aggressive and influential with their peers, and their families into a voluntary, 15-session weekly program. Among the 643 families that consented (66%), the mean number of sessions attended was 8.13, with almost half (48.3%) attending 11 or more sessions. Linear mixed models (LMMs) were developed to predict the number of sessions attended based on a cluster of demographic variables and scales designed to measure aggression, problem behaviors, family factors, and other psychosocial constructs. Three of the nine clusters held significance when associated with attendance: level of aggression as rated by the child (negative association), parent-child bond (negative association), and level of child victimization (positive association). Somewhat surprisingly, the variance component due to interventionist turned out to be small and to constitute a nonsignificant component of the overall variability in attendance. Results suggest that family recruitment for multiple family group programs can be achieved with substantial effort and that resources available for recruitment might be differentially applied across families based on predictors of attendance. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Journal of Community Psychology

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EISSN

1520-6629

ISSN

0090-4392

Publication Date

March 1, 2010

Volume

38

Issue

2

Start / End Page

227 / 244

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Quinn, W. H., Hall, D. B., Smith, E. P., & Rabiner, D. (2010). Predictors of family participation in a multiple family group intervention for aggressive middle school students. Journal of Community Psychology, 38(2), 227–244. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20361
Quinn, W. H., D. B. Hall, E. P. Smith, and D. Rabiner. “Predictors of family participation in a multiple family group intervention for aggressive middle school students.” Journal of Community Psychology 38, no. 2 (March 1, 2010): 227–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20361.
Quinn WH, Hall DB, Smith EP, Rabiner D. Predictors of family participation in a multiple family group intervention for aggressive middle school students. Journal of Community Psychology. 2010 Mar 1;38(2):227–44.
Quinn, W. H., et al. “Predictors of family participation in a multiple family group intervention for aggressive middle school students.” Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 38, no. 2, Mar. 2010, pp. 227–44. Scopus, doi:10.1002/jcop.20361.
Quinn WH, Hall DB, Smith EP, Rabiner D. Predictors of family participation in a multiple family group intervention for aggressive middle school students. Journal of Community Psychology. 2010 Mar 1;38(2):227–244.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Community Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1520-6629

ISSN

0090-4392

Publication Date

March 1, 2010

Volume

38

Issue

2

Start / End Page

227 / 244

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1701 Psychology