Using the Fast Track randomized prevention trial to test the early-starter model of the development of serious conduct problems
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: The Fast Track prevention trial was used to test hypotheses from the Early-Starter Model of the development of chronic conduct problems. We randomly assigned 891 high-risk first-grade boys and girls (51% African American) to receive the long-term Fast Track prevention or not. After 4 years, outcomes were assessed through teacher ratings, parent ratings, peer nominations, and child self-report. Positive effects of assignment to intervention were evident in teacher and parent ratings of conduct problems, peer social preference scores, and association with deviant peers. Assessments of proximal goals of intervention (e.g., hostile attributional bias, problem-solving skill, harsh parental discipline, aggressive and prosocial behavior at home and school) collected after grade 3 were found to partially mediate these effects. The findings are interpreted as consistent with developmental theory.
Source: Development and Psychopathology
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G112413310, MULTISITE PREVENTION OF ADOLESCENT CONDUCT PROBLEMS, Multi-site Prevention of Adolescent Conduct Problems, G2043709980, G2616570798, PREVENTION RESEARCH WITH AGGRESSIVE, REJECTED CHILDREN, G3353881360, Multisite Prevention of Adolescent Conduct Problems, G5257720786, MULTISITE PREVENTION OF CONDUCT PROBLEMS, G707825084, MULTISITE PREVENTION OF CONDUCT DISORDER, RISK &PREVENTION OF CHILD DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS, MULTISITE PREVENTION OF ADOLESCENT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS
OpenAlex ID: W271152046