Family Mediation Program For At-Risk Youth

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Family Functioning

In brief

The goal of this project is to conduct a pilot evaluation of a parent-child mediation program for at-risk youth. It is investigating whether families who receive parent-child mediation show greater improvement in family functioning, as well as adolescent substance use, academic performance, and delinquency, over a 6-week and 12-week period compared to a wait-list control sample.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01944748

Run by

RAND

People needed

111

Starts

2011-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-06

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Has a child referred to FARS due to having problems in any of the following areas: (a) poor grades; (b) truancy; (c) defiant behavior; (d) running away; (e) delinquency; (f) substance use
• Agrees to participate in at least one FARS mediation session
• Agrees to complete 3 surveys and be available over the next 3 months for follow-up
• Fluent in English or Spanish
• Exclusion Criteria: Families referred to FARS due to: (a) conflicts involving gang violence (e.g., shootings, killings); (b) conflicts involving weapons; (c) arson; (d) conflicts involving explicit sex activities; (e) conflicts involving domestic violence/child abuse; and (f) threats to harm self or others.

Where it is running

• Centinela Youth Services — Hawthorne, California, United States

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