Research Database

Pelham, W. E., Dishion, T. J., Tein, J. Y., Shaw, D. S., & Wilson, M. N. (2017). What doesn’t work for whom? Exploring heterogeneity in responsiveness to the Family Check–Up in early childhood using a mixture model approach. Prevention Science, 18(8), 911–922.

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

Spirito, A., Hernandez, L., Marceau, K., Cancilliere, M. K., Barnett, N. P., Graves, H. R., ... & Knopik, V. S. (2017). Effects of a brief, parent–focused intervention for substance using adolescents and their sibling. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 77, 156–165.

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

Chang, H., Shaw, D. S., Shelleby, E. C., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. N. (2017). The long–term effectiveness of the Family Check–Up on peer preference: Parent–child interaction and child effortful control as sequential mediators. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45(4), 705–717.

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

Becker, S. J., Marceau, K., Hernandez, L., & Spirito, A. (2019). Is it selection or socialization? Disentangling peer influences on heavy drinking and marijuana use among adolescents whose parents received brief interventions. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 13, https://doi.org/10.1177/1178221819852644

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

Shaw, D. S., Galán, C. A., Lemery–Chalfant, K., Dishion, T. J., Elam, K. K., Wilson, M. N., & Gardner, F. (2019). Trajectories and predictors of children’s early–starting conduct problems: child, family, genetic, and intervention effects. Development and Psychopathology, 31(5), 1911–1921.

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

Anderson, K. E. (2018). Parenting behaviors during adolescence and associations with emerging adult educational attainment and mental health [Doctoral dissertation, University of Oregon].

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

DeVargas, E. C. (2018). Motivational interviewing and the Family Check–Up: Predicting emerging adult health risk behavior outcomes. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Oregon].

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

Mucka, L. E. (2017). Schools and families empowering learning (safe–learning): An intervention feasibility study. [Doctoral dissertation, Wayne State University].

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

Stormshak, E. A., Seeley, J. R., Caruthers, A. S., Cardenas, L., Moore, K. J., Tyler, M. S., ... & Danaher, B. (2019). Evaluating the efficacy of the Family Check–Up online: A school–based, eHealth model for the prevention of problem behavior during the middle school years. Development and Psychopathology, 31(5), 1873–1886.

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children

Stormshak, E. A., McIntyre, L. L., Garbacz, S. A., & Kosty, D. B. (2020). Family–centered prevention to enhance parenting skills during the transition to elementary school: A randomized trial. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(1), 122–127.

Model(s) Reviewed: Family Check-Up® For Children