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Exploring Acceptability and Feasibility of Evidence-Based Practice in Child Welfare Settings: A Pilot Study with Attachment-Based Family Therapy
Psychologica Belgica, v 57(1)
01 Jan 2017
PMID: 30479453
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Abstract
The Flemish Child Welfare System (CWS) is in great need of a shared empirically informed clinical strategy for working with depressed adolescents and their families. Many evidence-based practices (EBP) exist, but little is known as to whether they can be successfully imported in the CWS. Therefore, the current study explores the implementation of a particular EBP, Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT), in home-based services of the Flemish CWS in Belgium. Specifically, the study focused on (1) the acceptability of ABFT by counselors and whether negative attitudes about EBP can be changed (n = 73 counselors), and (2) the feasibility of implementing ABFT (n = 43 adolescents, 11-17 years old, 72% female) by exploring initial effectiveness. The results suggest that (1) initial negative attitudes of counselors towards ABFT were significantly more positive after attending training and discussions about ABFT, and that (2) ABFT could be used by counselors to successfully reduce adolescent depressive symptoms. Future research should include a control group to draw stronger causal conclusions. Strengths and limitations of the study's design and implications for further dissemination are discussed.
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- Title
- Exploring Acceptability and Feasibility of Evidence-Based Practice in Child Welfare Settings: A Pilot Study with Attachment-Based Family Therapy
- Creators
- Tara Santens - KU LeuvenSuzanne A. Levy - Drexel University College of Nursing and Health ProfessionsGuy S. Diamond - Drexel UniversityCaroline Braet - Ghent UniversityMildred Vyvey - PhilipsElisabeth Heylboeck - CentrumGuy Bosmans - KU Leuven
- Publication Details
- Psychologica Belgica, v 57(1)
- Publisher
- Ubiquity Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 16
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Center for Family Intervention Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000408105600002
- Other Identifier
- 991019169540504721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary