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Acceptability of interventions for childhood depression.
K J Tarnowski1, S J Simonian, P Bekeny
1Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44109.
Behavior Modification
|January 1, 1992
Summary
Mothers found psychological interventions for childhood depression more acceptable than medication. Treatment acceptability varied by child's race, but not by symptom severity.
Area of Science:
- Child psychology
- Clinical psychology
- Treatment acceptability research
Background:
- Childhood depression requires effective and acceptable treatment options.
- Maternal acceptability influences treatment adherence and outcomes.
- Factors like intervention type, symptom severity, and child race may affect acceptability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how behavior problem severity, intervention type, and subject race influence mothers' acceptability ratings of childhood depression treatments.
- To evaluate the psychometric properties of a revised acceptability measure.
Main Methods:
- Case description methodology was employed.
- Mothers rated the acceptability of five interventions for childhood depression.
- The Abbreviated Acceptability Rating Profile (AARP) was developed and validated.
Main Results:
- Psychological interventions (behavioral, cognitive-behavioral) were rated significantly more acceptable than pharmacological treatments.
- Social skills intervention was the least preferred among psychological approaches.
- Treatment acceptability differed based on the child's race.
- Symptom severity did not significantly impact acceptability ratings.
Conclusions:
- Psychological interventions are generally preferred over medication for childhood depression by mothers.
- Racial factors play a role in treatment acceptability, highlighting the need for culturally sensitive approaches.
- The revised AARP measure demonstrates psychometric support for assessing treatment acceptability.