6-Year Follow-up of a Prevention Program for Bereaved Families

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Six-years following participation in the Family Bereavement Program (FBP) participants in the program as compared to a self-study control group will have lower levels of mental health problems, lower one-year prevalence of mental disorder that meets diagnostic criteria, lower use of substances, higher levels of competence at achieving developmentally appropriate tasks in academic achievement and social competence, and better self-esteem. The effects of the FBP will be moderated by baseline levels of mental health problems and gender. Bereaved caregivers who participated in the program will also show lower levels of mental health problems as compared with controls. Program effects will be mediated by theoretical mediators targeted by the program.

Official Title
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6-Year Follow-up of a Prevention Program for Bereaved Families

Conditions
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Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Self- study comparison group
* Behavioral: Family Bereavement Program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Experienced parental death in prior 30 months Youth age 8-16 years old Exclusion Criteria: Not currently in other treatment for mental health problems Caregiver not meet criteria for clinical depression Youth not meet criteria for externalizing problems Not currently suicidal

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 8 Years
Maximum Age: 16 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Self study comparison group<br>Caregivers and children and adolescents each received three books about coping with grief after the death of a loved one and a syllabus to guide reading | Behavioral: Self- study comparison group<br>* Caregivers, children and adolescents each received three books about coping with grief following the death of a loved one plus a syllabus to guide reading<br>|
| Experimental: Family Bereavement Program<br>12- session group for caregivers and bereaved children and adolescents plus 2 individual sessions | Behavioral: Family Bereavement Program<br>* 12 session groups for caregivers and bereaved children and adolescents plus two individual sessions<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC) |  | One year | 
| Child Behavior Checklist and Young Adult Behavior Checklist |  | one year | 
| Youth Self Report (YSR)and Young Adult Self Report (YASR) |  | one year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monitoring the Future - substance use |  | one year | 
| Rosenberg Self-esteem scale |  | one year | 
| Beck Depression Inventory for parents |  | One week | 
| Social and academic competence |  | one year | 
| Grade point average |  | one year | 
| Cortisol |  | 45 minutes | 
| Parent and child report of parenting |  | One year | 
| Grief - TRIG, Intrusive Grief Thoughts Scale, Inventory of Complicated Grief |  | one month |