TY - JOUR
T1 - Stages of change and engagement in a family intervention
AU - Castillo-Garayoa, José A.
AU - Montes-Vallecillos, Anna
AU - Perales-Echeverría, Arantxa
AU - Sánchez-Velasco, Almudena
AU - Medina-Cervera, Sergio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Prochaska and DiClemente's stages of change model facilitate understanding of engagement difficulties in psychosocial intervention processes. We assessed the link between stages of family change and intervention dropout in a sample of 141 families with relational conflicts between parents and adolescent children. Each family member's stage of change was defined according to three criteria: seeing the conflict as a relational problem, assuming part of the responsibility for the dysfunctional relationship, and understanding one's own mental and emotional states and those of the other family members involved in the conflict (mentalization). Our dropout rate for the sample was 41.8% and was higher for immigrant families. We found a strong association between engagement and the contemplation stage of change, particularly the mother's. In family conflict interventions, participation of all the family members is essential so as raise awareness of the relational aspects of the conflict and the shared responsibility for the conflict and its resolution.
AB - Prochaska and DiClemente's stages of change model facilitate understanding of engagement difficulties in psychosocial intervention processes. We assessed the link between stages of family change and intervention dropout in a sample of 141 families with relational conflicts between parents and adolescent children. Each family member's stage of change was defined according to three criteria: seeing the conflict as a relational problem, assuming part of the responsibility for the dysfunctional relationship, and understanding one's own mental and emotional states and those of the other family members involved in the conflict (mentalization). Our dropout rate for the sample was 41.8% and was higher for immigrant families. We found a strong association between engagement and the contemplation stage of change, particularly the mother's. In family conflict interventions, participation of all the family members is essential so as raise awareness of the relational aspects of the conflict and the shared responsibility for the conflict and its resolution.
KW - adolescents
KW - dropout
KW - families
KW - family conflict
KW - stages of change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065845637&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/cfs.12651
DO - 10.1111/cfs.12651
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065845637
SN - 1356-7500
VL - 25
SP - 45
EP - 52
JO - Child and Family Social Work
JF - Child and Family Social Work
IS - 1
ER -