Publication year: 2011
Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 1 June 2011
Mark, Chaffin , David, Bard
Objectives: Parental depression symptoms often change over the course of child welfare family preservation and parenting services. This raises the question of whether certain processes in family preservation services might be associated with depression symptom change. This study tests three correlational models of change among family preservation service participants: (a) changes in depression symptoms are one facet of broad general changes in wellbeing; (b) the quality of the home visitor-client relationship is associated depression symptom changes; and (c) linking parents to adjunctive services is associated with symptom changes. Methods: Participants were 2,175 parents in family preservation services, largely for child neglect, who were…