Effectiveness of a social problem solving training in youth in detention or on probation : An RCT and pre-post community implementation. / Hein, Sascha; Weeland, Joyce; Square, Amanda; Haeffel, Gerald J.; Chapman, John; Macomber, Donna; Lee, Maria; Foley Geib, Catherine; Grigorenko, Elena L.
In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Vol. 72, 101626, 2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of a social problem solving training in youth in detention or on probation
T2 - An RCT and pre-post community implementation
AU - Hein, Sascha
AU - Weeland, Joyce
AU - Square, Amanda
AU - Haeffel, Gerald J.
AU - Chapman, John
AU - Macomber, Donna
AU - Lee, Maria
AU - Foley Geib, Catherine
AU - Grigorenko, Elena L.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The effectiveness of a 10-session social problem-solving training (SPST) was evaluated in two independent studies in a juvenile justice (JJ) setting. In both studies, we aimed to examine main intervention effects on social problem-solving skills and recidivism, as well as differential effects as modulated by anger, anger regulation, and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the COMT gene. In Study 1, a randomized controlled trial (RCT), 289 male detainees (Mage= 14.95 years) were randomly assigned to SPST or treatment-as-usual (TAU). In Study 2, a pre-post community implementation, 187 youth (Mage = 16.03 years) on probation were assessed before and after SPST. No significant main effects of SPST on social problem solving or recidivism were shown in either study. With regard to differential effects, among youth in detention,COMT haplotypes predicted intervention effects on state anger. Moreover, independent of SPST, inward anger expression was associated with an increase in state anger from pre- to post and an increase in state anger with a decrease in social problem solving. Among youth on probation, COMT haplotypes predicted social problem-solving skills, and, in turn, an increase in social problem-solving skills decreased the odds of recidivism after SPST. The lack of main effects of SPST may be due to low program integrity in JJ settings. Juveniles' emotional and genetic characteristics might modulate the effectiveness of interventions in JJ settings. We recommend studying large samples to substantiate this observation.
AB - The effectiveness of a 10-session social problem-solving training (SPST) was evaluated in two independent studies in a juvenile justice (JJ) setting. In both studies, we aimed to examine main intervention effects on social problem-solving skills and recidivism, as well as differential effects as modulated by anger, anger regulation, and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the COMT gene. In Study 1, a randomized controlled trial (RCT), 289 male detainees (Mage= 14.95 years) were randomly assigned to SPST or treatment-as-usual (TAU). In Study 2, a pre-post community implementation, 187 youth (Mage = 16.03 years) on probation were assessed before and after SPST. No significant main effects of SPST on social problem solving or recidivism were shown in either study. With regard to differential effects, among youth in detention,COMT haplotypes predicted intervention effects on state anger. Moreover, independent of SPST, inward anger expression was associated with an increase in state anger from pre- to post and an increase in state anger with a decrease in social problem solving. Among youth on probation, COMT haplotypes predicted social problem-solving skills, and, in turn, an increase in social problem-solving skills decreased the odds of recidivism after SPST. The lack of main effects of SPST may be due to low program integrity in JJ settings. Juveniles' emotional and genetic characteristics might modulate the effectiveness of interventions in JJ settings. We recommend studying large samples to substantiate this observation.
KW - Anger
KW - Candidate gene-by-intervention effects
KW - Juvenile justice involved youth
KW - RCT
KW - Social problem solving
KW - FIT INDEXES
KW - METAANALYSIS
KW - JUVENILE-OFFENDERS
KW - INFORMATION
KW - SCHIZOPHRENIA
KW - POLYMORPHISMS
KW - GENE
KW - O-METHYLTRANSFERASE COMT
KW - PROGRAMS
KW - INTERVENTION
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101626
DO - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101626
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090016946
VL - 72
JO - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
SN - 0160-2527
M1 - 101626
ER -
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