Family Check-Up^® For Children

Model effectiveness research report last updated: 2021

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Maternal health

Findings rated high

Shaw, D. S., Connell, A., Dishion, T. J., Wilson, M. N., & Gardner, F. (2009). Improvements in maternal depression as a mediator of intervention effects on early childhood problem behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 21, 417–439.

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 2	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	731 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not available	Statistically significant, p<0.05²	footnote272 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors used structural equation models to estimate the impact, and reported a coefficient, standard error, and p-value.
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 3	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	731 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not available	Statistically significant, p<0.05²	footnote272 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors used structural equation models to estimate the impact, and reported a coefficient, standard error, and p-value.
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 4	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	731 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not available	Statistically significant, p<0.05²	footnote272 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors used structural equation models to estimate the impact, and reported a coefficient, standard error, and p-value.
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 5	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	731 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not available	Statistically significant, p<0.05²	footnote272 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors used structural equation models to estimate the impact, and reported a coefficient, standard error, and p-value.
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 6	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	731 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not available	Statistically significant, p<0.05²	footnote272 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors used structural equation models to estimate the impact, and reported a coefficient, standard error, and p-value.
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 7	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	731 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not available	Statistically significant, p<0.05²	footnote272 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors used structural equation models to estimate the impact, and reported a coefficient, standard error, and p-value.
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, Autoregressive model	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	731 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Study reported = 0.18	Statistically significant, p<0.05¹	footnote271 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors used an autoregressive model to estimate the impact, and reported a coefficient, standard error, and effect size.
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, Correlation	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	651 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not available	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 2	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Maternal report	Cronbach’s a = 0.76 at age 2 years, Cronbach’s a = 0.75 at age 3 years
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 3	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Maternal report	Cronbach’s a = 0.76 at age 2 years, Cronbach’s a = 0.75 at age 3 years
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 4	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Maternal report	Cronbach’s a = 0.76 at age 2 years, Cronbach’s a = 0.75 at age 3 years
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 5	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Maternal report	Cronbach’s a = 0.76 at age 2 years, Cronbach’s a = 0.75 at age 3 years
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 6	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Maternal report	Cronbach’s a = 0.76 at age 2 years, Cronbach’s a = 0.75 at age 3 years
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, SEM, Figure 7	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Maternal report	Cronbach’s a = 0.76 at age 2 years, Cronbach’s a = 0.75 at age 3 years
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, Autoregressive model	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Maternal report	Cronbach’s a = 0.76 at age 2 years, Cronbach’s a = 0.75 at age 3 years
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, Correlation	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Maternal report	Cronbach’s a = 0.76 at age 2 years, Cronbach’s a = 0.75 at age 3 years

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Gardner, F., Connell, A., Trentacosta, C. J., Shaw, D. S., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. N. (2009). Moderators of outcome in a brief family-centered intervention for preventing early problem behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 543–553.

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, Mean and SD	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Age 3	WIC sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Eugene, OR, and Charlottesville, VA	651 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 14.62	Unadjusted mean = 16.26	Mean difference = -1.64	HomeVEE calculated = -0.15	Not statistically significant, p=0.06	footnote162 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative value is favorable to the intervention.

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties
Maternal Depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), Age 3, Mean and SD	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale is a 20-item assessment of depressive symptoms.	Parent/caregiver report	Internal consistencies were 0.76 at age 2 and 0.75 at age 3.

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