Juvenile Justice Girls Randomized Control Trial: Young Adult Follow-up - Full Text View

Purpose

This study is a young adult follow-up of 166 females who originally participated in an RCT during adolescence due to their involvement in the juvenile justice system.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Delinquency Drug Use	Behavioral: Treatment Foster Care (TFCO) Behavioral: Group Care	Phase 1


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Outcomes Assessor Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title:	Juvenile Justice Girls: Pathways to Adjustment and System Use in Young Adulthood

Further study details as provided by Leslie D. Leve, University of Oregon:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Delinquency [ Time Frame: Months 12, 24, 36, and young adulthood (ave. of 7 year follow-up + 10 year follow-up) ]
Measured as self-reported criminal activity and count of official arrests and criminal referrals
substance use [ Time Frame: Months 12, 24, 36 and young adulthood (ave. of 7-year follow-up + 10 year follow-up) ]
Measured via self-reported use and diagnostic interview assessment

Secondary Outcome Measures:

HIV risk behavior [ Time Frame: Months 12, 24, 36 and young adulthood (ave. of 7-year follow-up) ]
Measured as self-reported engagement in sexual behaviors
economic costs [ Time Frame: young adulthood (age 18-28; average of 7-year follow-up) ]
Measured by comparing the costs of intervention delivery relative to the two intervention programs relative to costs incurred through time in detention, jail, and prison; relative to costs incurred due to child welfare involvement; and relative to symptom counts on self-report inventories.
Depression [ Time Frame: Months 6, 12, 18, 24 and Young Adult (average 7 year follow-up) ]
Measured on the CESD depression inventory and the Brief Symptom Inventory, and via diagnostic interview


Enrollment:	166
Study Start Date:	January 1997
Study Completion Date:	December 2016
Primary Completion Date:	December 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) Youth are placed individually in well-trained and supervised foster homes. Basic components include: (a) daily telephone contact with TFCO parents using the Parent Daily Report; (b) weekly foster parent group meetings focused on supervision, training in parenting practices, and support; (c) an individualized behavior management program implemented daily in the home by foster parent; (d) individualized skills training for the youth; (e) family therapy for aftercare family focused on parent management strategies; (f) close monitoring of school attendance, performance, and homework completion; (g) case management to coordinate TFCO, family, peer, and school settings; (h) 24-hour on-call staff availability to TFCO and biological parents; and (i) psychiatric consultation.	Behavioral: Treatment Foster Care (TFCO) Youth placed individually in well-trained and supervised foster homes. Basic components: (a) daily telephone contact with TFCO parents; (b) weekly foster parent group meetings focused on supervision, training in parenting practices, and support; (c) an individualized behavior management program implemented daily in the home by foster parent; (d) individualized skills training for the youth; (e) family therapy for aftercare family focused on parent management strategies; (f) close monitoring of school attendance, performance, and homework completion; (g) case management to coordinate TFCO, family, peer, and school settings; (h) 24-hour on-call staff availability to TFCO and biological parents; and (i) psychiatric consultation. Services typically last approximately 6 months. Other Name: Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Active Comparator: Group Care Group Care is the usual service for youth placed in out-of-home care for chronic delinquency in Oregon. These programs represented typical services for girls being referred to out-of-home care by the juvenile justice system and had 2-51 youth in residence (M = 21) and 1-50 staff members (Mdn = 2); most also had onsite schooling. Although the programs differed somewhat in theoretical orientations, 86% reported that they endorsed a specific treatment model, of which the primary philosophy was a behavioral (70%), eclectic (26%), or family-style therapeutic approach (4%).	Behavioral: Group Care Group Care is the usual service for youth placed in out-of-home care for chronic delinquency in Oregon. These programs represented typical services for girls being referred to out-of-home care by the juvenile justice system and had 2-51 youth in residence (M = 21) and 1-50 staff members (Mdn = 2); most also had onsite schooling. Although the programs differed somewhat in theoretical orientations, 86% reported that they endorsed a specific treatment model, of which the primary philosophy was a behavioral (70%), eclectic (26%), or family-style therapeutic approach (4%). Services typically last approximately 6 months.

Arms

Assigned Interventions

Experimental: Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO)

Youth are placed individually in well-trained and supervised foster homes. Basic components include: (a) daily telephone contact with TFCO parents using the Parent Daily Report; (b) weekly foster parent group meetings focused on supervision, training in parenting practices, and support; (c) an individualized behavior management program implemented daily in the home by foster parent; (d) individualized skills training for the youth; (e) family therapy for aftercare family focused on parent management strategies; (f) close monitoring of school attendance, performance, and homework completion; (g) case management to coordinate TFCO, family, peer, and school settings; (h) 24-hour on-call staff availability to TFCO and biological parents; and (i) psychiatric consultation.

Behavioral: Treatment Foster Care (TFCO)

Youth placed individually in well-trained and supervised foster homes. Basic components: (a) daily telephone contact with TFCO parents; (b) weekly foster parent group meetings focused on supervision, training in parenting practices, and support; (c) an individualized behavior management program implemented daily in the home by foster parent; (d) individualized skills training for the youth; (e) family therapy for aftercare family focused on parent management strategies; (f) close monitoring of school attendance, performance, and homework completion; (g) case management to coordinate TFCO, family, peer, and school settings; (h) 24-hour on-call staff availability to TFCO and biological parents; and (i) psychiatric consultation. Services typically last approximately 6 months.

Other Name: Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care

Active Comparator: Group Care

Group Care is the usual service for youth placed in out-of-home care for chronic delinquency in Oregon. These programs represented typical services for girls being referred to out-of-home care by the juvenile justice system and had 2-51 youth in residence (M = 21) and 1-50 staff members (Mdn = 2); most also had onsite schooling. Although the programs differed somewhat in theoretical orientations, 86% reported that they endorsed a specific treatment model, of which the primary philosophy was a behavioral (70%), eclectic (26%), or family-style therapeutic approach (4%).

Behavioral: Group Care

Group Care is the usual service for youth placed in out-of-home care for chronic delinquency in Oregon. These programs represented typical services for girls being referred to out-of-home care by the juvenile justice system and had 2-51 youth in residence (M = 21) and 1-50 staff members (Mdn = 2); most also had onsite schooling. Although the programs differed somewhat in theoretical orientations, 86% reported that they endorsed a specific treatment model, of which the primary philosophy was a behavioral (70%), eclectic (26%), or family-style therapeutic approach (4%). Services typically last approximately 6 months.

Detailed Description:

Females under age 18 years old are the fastest-growing segment of the juvenile justice population and are at risk for negative co-occurring outcomes including drug abuse, HIV/STI risk, criminal behavior, and educational failure. As they enter young adulthood, this constellation of behaviors puts them at heightened risk for early parenthood and subsequent involvement in the child welfare system (for their parenting behaviors) and the adult corrections system (for criminal behaviors). Such system involvement is costly, and its prevention would be of great significance to public health; however, very little is known about factors leading to females' success/failure in young adulthood and factors that might prevent involvement in these two public systems. This study aims to further our understanding of the pathways to and the prevention of HIV/STI risk, drug use, and child welfare and adult corrections involvement by following-up 166 women who participated in two randomized intervention trials aimed at reducing delinquency during adolescence. In the original studies, juvenile justice girls who had been referred for out-of-home placement due to chronic delinquency were randomly assigned to services as usual or to Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO, formerly known as MTFC). Efficacy of the intervention with this sample has been shown at 12- and 24-month follow-ups on criminal referral rates, days spent in locked settings, deviant peer associations, educational engagement, and pregnancy prevention. The investigators propose to examine the developmental pathways for these juvenile justice girls into young adulthood (ages 21-28 years) using innovative data collection and data analytic techniques, with foci on the long-term effects of TFCO, the mediators of young adult adjustment and child welfare/corrections involvement, and the cost effectiveness and cost avoidance of TFCO on these outcomes. The overarching aim is to identify potential targets for subsequent intervention. One in-person assessment is proposed with each female and her current romantic partner (if she has one); in addition, telephone interviews will be conducted every 6 months for the duration of the study, and system data from child welfare and adult corrections will be collected.

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	13 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

female
13-17 years old
at least one criminal referral in the prior year
court-mandated placement in out-of-home care

Exclusion Criteria:

Currently pregnant

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01341626

Locations


United States, Oregon
Oregon Social Learning Center
Eugene, Oregon, United States, 97401
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon, United States, 97403

Sponsors and Collaborators

Oregon Social Learning Center

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

University of Oregon

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Leslie Leve, PhD	University of Oregon

More Information

Publications:

Harold GT, Kerr DC, Van Ryzin M, DeGarmo DS, Rhoades KA, Leve LD. Depressive symptom trajectories among girls in the juvenile justice system: 24-month outcomes of an RCT of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care. Prev Sci. 2013 Oct;14(5):437-46. doi: 10.1007/s11121-012-0317-y.

Van Ryzin MJ, Leve LD. Affiliation with delinquent peers as a mediator of the effects of multidimensional treatment foster care for delinquent girls. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2012 Aug;80(4):588-96. doi: 10.1037/a0027336. Epub 2012 Feb 20.

Kerr DC, Leve LD, Chamberlain P. Pregnancy rates among juvenile justice girls in two randomized controlled trials of multidimensional treatment foster care. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2009 Jun;77(3):588-93. doi: 10.1037/a0015289.

Chamberlain P, Leve LD, Degarmo DS. Multidimensional treatment foster care for girls in the juvenile justice system: 2-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2007 Feb;75(1):187-93.

Leve LD, Chamberlain P, Reid JB. Intervention outcomes for girls referred from juvenile justice: effects on delinquency. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2005 Dec;73(6):1181-5.

Level LD, Chamberlain P. Association with delinquent peers: intervention effects for youth in the juvenile justice system. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2005 Jun;33(3):339-47.

Leve LD, Chamberlain P. A Randomized Evaluation of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: Effects on School Attendance and Homework Completion in Juvenile Justice Girls. Res Soc Work Pract. 2007 Nov 1;17(6):657-663.

Rhoades KA, Chamberlain P, Roberts R, Leve LD. MTFC for High Risk Adolescent Girls: A Comparison of Outcomes in England and the United States. J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2013 Nov 1;22(5):435-449.

Leve LD, Kerr DC, Harold GT. Young Adult Outcomes Associated with Teen Pregnancy Among High-Risk Girls in an RCT of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care. J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2013 Sep 1;22(5):421-434.

Poulton R, Van Ryzin MJ, Harold GT, Chamberlain P, Fowler D, Cannon M, Arseneault L, Leve LD. Effects of multidimensional treatment foster care on psychotic symptoms in girls. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Dec;53(12):1279-87. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.08.014. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

Kerr DC, DeGarmo DS, Leve LD, Chamberlain P. Juvenile justice girls' depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation 9 years after Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2014 Aug;82(4):684-93. doi: 10.1037/a0036521. Epub 2014 Apr 14.

Rhoades KA, Leve LD, Harold GT, Kim H, Chamberlain P. Drug Use Trajectories After a Randomized Controlled Trial of MTFC: Associations with Partner Drug Use. J Res Adolesc. 2014 Mar 1;24(1):40-54.


Responsible Party:	Leslie D. Leve, Study Principal Investigator, University of Oregon
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01341626 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	R01DA024672 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number ) R01DA015208 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number ) R01MH054257-01 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number ) R03MH091611 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
Study First Received:	April 6, 2011
Last Updated:	April 20, 2017
Individual Participant Data
Plan to Share IPD:	Undecided


Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:		No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:		No

Keywords provided by Leslie D. Leve, University of Oregon:


delinquency drug use HIV risk behavior economic costs

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