| dc.description.abstract | Earlier studies on a family group cognitive behavioral (FGCB) preventive intervention of depression have shown positive intervention effects on adolescent mental health outcomes 12-months later through the use secondary control coping skills (e.g., acceptance, cognitive reappraisal) at a 6-month follow up. Building on these initial findings, the current study sought to replicate and extend these mediation analyses out to 18-months, as well as investigate a potential important moderator of these associations (adolescent stress reactivity at baseline). Mediation and moderation analyses were assessed in sample of 180 adolescents ages 9-15 years (n = 103 retained in final analyses) using PROCESS macro. Support was found for the replication of secondary control coping mediating the effect of the FGCB intervention on adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms one year later. Support was also found for the extension of these mediation analyses out to an 18-month follow up. Counter to hypotheses, these mediation pathways at 12-and 18-months did not significantly vary based on levels of adolescent stress reactivity at baseline. Findings from the present study provide further evidence that secondary control coping serves as a significant protective factor for a wide range of symptoms of psychopathology in adolescents of depressed parents and suggests the FGCB intervention continues to produce robust effects regardless of differences in interindividual factors. | |
