Predicting Outcomes Among Adolescents With Disruptive Disorders Being Treated in a System of Care Program
| dc.contributor.author | Oruche, Ukamaka M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gerkensmeyer, Janis E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carpenter, Janet S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Austin, Joan K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Perkins, Susan M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wright, Eric R | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-02T15:27:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-02T15:27:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: “Systems of care” are strengths-based approaches to treating adolescents and others with disruptive disorders. However, little is known about why some adolescents improve and others do not. OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in personal strengths and family functioning as predictors of behavioral and social functioning among adolescents with disruptive disorders who participated in a system of care program. DESIGN: Secondary analyses of data from 114 adolescents (12-17 years of age) with disruptive disorders and their caregivers who participated in the Dawn Project Evaluation Study. Caregivers completed in-depth interviews conducted by trained data collectors using standardized questionnaires. Baseline and 12- month data are reported here. RESULTS: Improvement in personal strengths was a significant predictor of improvement in adolescent behavioral and social functioning, controlling for demographics (p < .001). CONCLUSION: In adolescents with disruptive disorders, psychiatric nurses should focus on enhancing adolescents’ personal strengths to improve behavioral and social functioning. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Oruche, U. M., Gerkensmeyer, J. E., Carpenter, J. S., Austin, J. K., Perkins, S. M., Rawl, S. M., & Wright, E. R. (2013). Predicting Outcomes Among Adolescents With Disruptive Disorders Being Treated in a System of Care Program. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/3596 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | adolescents/adolescence | en_US |
| dc.subject | community mental health services | en_US |
| dc.subject | families of the mentally ill | en_US |
| dc.subject | service delivery systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | chronic mental illness | en_US |
| dc.title | Predicting Outcomes Among Adolescents With Disruptive Disorders Being Treated in a System of Care Program | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |