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The child and family traumatic stress intervention: Factors associated with symptom reduction for children receiving treatment
Stover CS, Hahn H, Maciejewski KR, Epstein C, Marans S. The child and family traumatic stress intervention: Factors associated with symptom reduction for children receiving treatment. Child Abuse & Neglect 2022, 134: 105886. PMID: 36152531, DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105886.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress symptomsFamily Traumatic Stress InterventionChild advocacy centerStress symptomsMental health treatmentStress interventionsChildren's posttraumatic stress symptomsHealth treatmentPosttraumatic stress scoresTrauma symptomsTrauma typesAdvocacy CentersTraumatic experiencesChild relationshipSymptom reductionPosttraumatic ChecklistCommunity-based clinical settingsComparison groupChild caregiversStress scoresTreatment studiesCommunity-based providersChildrenNaturalistic treatment studyMixed modeling
2019
An Examination of Partner Violence, Polyexposure, and Mental Health Functioning in a Sample of Clinically Referred Youth
Stover C, Ippen C, Liang L, Briggs E, Berkowitz S. An Examination of Partner Violence, Polyexposure, and Mental Health Functioning in a Sample of Clinically Referred Youth. Psychology Of Violence 2019, 9: 359-369. DOI: 10.1037/vio0000131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional impairmentEarly exposureMental health functioningFunctional outcomeClinical evaluationService utilizationPartner violenceHealth functioningPsychiatric conditionsEarly screeningGreater riskTrauma typesImpairmentHigher mean scoresAge 2WPVAge 7Mean scoreYoung childrenPosttraumatic stressSymptomsExternalizing symptomsTraumatic eventsAssociationRegression models
2014
Effects of the child–perpetrator relationship on mental health outcomes of child abuse: It's (not) all relative
Kiser LJ, Stover CS, Navalta CP, Dorado J, Vogel JM, Abdul-Adil JK, Kim S, Lee RC, Vivrette R, Briggs EC. Effects of the child–perpetrator relationship on mental health outcomes of child abuse: It's (not) all relative. Child Abuse & Neglect 2014, 38: 1083-1093. PMID: 24661693, DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical traumaChildren's mental health centerPrimary treatment focusMental health centersParents/caregiversMental health outcomesTrauma onsetClinical evaluationHealth centersOutcome measuresPsychiatric symptomsSevere symptomsBehavior problemsProblem rating scaleClinical practiceHealth outcomesTrauma characteristicsSymptomsRating ScaleTreatment focusTrauma typesTraumaCaregivers resultsInternalizing behavior problemsHigher posttraumatic stress