Enhancing youth outcomes following parental divorce: A longitudinal study of the effects of the New Beginnings Program on educational and occupational goals
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This study examined whether the New Beginnings Program for divorced families led to improvements in youth's educational goals and job aspirations 6 years following participation and tested whether several parenting and youth variables mediated the program effects. Participants were 240 youth aged 9 to 12 years at the initial assessment, and data were part of a randomized, experimental trial of a parenting skills preventive intervention targeting children's postdivorce adjustment. The results revealed positive effects of the program on youth's educational goals and job aspirations 6 years after participation for those who were at high risk for developing later problems at program entry. Further, intervention-induced changes in mother-child relationship quality and youth externalizing problems, internalizing problems, self-esteem, and academic competence at the 6-year follow-up mediated the effects of the program on the educational expectations of high-risk youth. Intervention-induced changes in youth externalizing problems and academic competence at the 6-year follow-up mediated the effects of the program on the job aspirations of high-risk youth.
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The New Beginnings Program's parenting effect was larger for participants at higher risk at the start, with effect sizes from .23 to .34 across parenting measures.
“with the effect of the NBP being larger for those who were at higher risk at the start of the program (d range of .23 −.34 across measures of parenting; 19).”
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- Authors
- Sigal, A. B., Wolchik, S. A., Tein, J.-Y., & Sandler, I. N.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sigal, Amanda B.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-03
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 150-165
- ISSN
- 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-4424
- PMC
- PMC3306131
- OpenAlex
- W1996524821
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 128
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 11.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH071707)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA009757)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Keywords
- parental divorce, educational goals, career aspirations, at-risk youth, mother-child relationship quality, externalizing problems, internalizing problems, self-esteem, academic competence, mediation, preventive interventions
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Child, Divorce, Educational Status, Family, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Goals, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Self Concept, Social Adjustment, Parenting
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