Media contributions
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Title Podcast on Psychosocial interventions among war-affected children and adolescents Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Podcast. Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies Media type Radio Duration/Length/Size 45 minutes Country/Territory United States Date 24/03/02 Description How Family Relationships Predict the Effectiveness of a Psychosocial Group Intervention among War-Affected Children
Family relationships habitually shape the way traumatic events affect children’s mental health in a context of war and violence, but research is scarce on the role these relationships play in the success of psychosocial interventions. This study is a secondary analysis of previously identified family system types that are based on attachment, parenting, and siblingship, and of the influence they have on the effectiveness of a psychosocial group intervention (the Teaching Recovery Techniques, TRT). The TRT is aimed at reducing children’s mental health problems and
increasing their psychosocial resources. We tested three noncompeting hypotheses based on family system dynamics. First was the compensation hypothesis, which holds that children from families with negative relationships benefit a great deal from the TRT intervention. The second was the accumulative hypothesis, which maintains that children from families with negative relationships do not benefit
from the intervention. The third, the buffering hypothesis, states that children from families with positive relationships benefit a great deal from the intervention. The family sample consists of 325 Palestinian mothers and fathers and one child from
each family between the ages of 10 and 13. The children participated either in the TRT intervention or control groups. Their self-reported posttraumatic stress symptoms, emotional and conduct problems, positive resources, and prosocial
behavior were assessed at baseline, three months post-intervention, and at a six month follow-up. We found that family type was significantly associated with TRT
effectiveness, which supports the compensation and buffering hypotheses.Producer/Author Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, INEE; Washington University URL https://sites.libsyn.com/434928/s8e4-two-interventions-to-support-psychosocial-wellbeing-and-resilience-among-conflict-affected-youth. Persons Raija-Leena Punamäki-Gitai