High value correlates of caregiver reported counseling service need and utilization for adolescents at-risk for childhood maltreatment and neglect

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dc.contributor.authorVázquez, A. L., Chou, T., Navarro Flores, C. M., Barrett, T. S., Villodas, M. T., & Domenech Rodríguez, M. M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T15:03:06Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T15:03:06Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAdolescents with a history of child maltreatment experience increased risk for psychopathology that sets them on a trajectory towards a range of difficulties in adulthood. Various factors influence caregivers’ decisions to seek mental health services (MHS) that could improve developmental outcomes. The present study applied a machine learning algorithm, elastic net, to a sample of 878 adolescent-caregiver dyads from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. Analyses simultaneously examined a large number of factors to determine their ability to discriminate between caregivers who perceived a need for MHS and those who did not, as well as caregivers who utilized MHS and those who did not. Results highlight family demographics, chronic parental stressors, youth psychopathology, and exposure to recent adversities as good classifiers of caregiver perceived need for (77.6%; sensitivity = .77; specificity = .78) and utilization of (71%; sensitivity = .71; specificity = .71) adolescent MHS. Elastic net identified adolescent clinical externalizing and internalizing problems, and parental stress related to child(ren)’s behavior as high value classifiers of both outcomes. Youth living with non-kin caregivers were also significantly more likely to utilize MHS. Findings highlight the importance of assessing clinical need, stress related to child(ren)’s behavior, and caregiver kinship in understanding the likelihood that at-risk families will seek adolescent MHSen_US
dc.identifier.citationVázquez, A. L., Chou, T., Navarro Flores, C. M., Barrett, T. S., Villodas, M. T., & Domenech Rodríguez, M. M. (2021). High value correlates of caregiver reported counseling service need and utilization for adolescents at-risk for childhood maltreatment and neglect. Plos one, 16(10), e0258082.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258082
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5230
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPLOS ONEen_US
dc.subjectcaregiversen_US
dc.subjectsupporten_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectpsychopathologyen_US
dc.subjectrisken_US
dc.subjectoutcomesen_US
dc.titleHigh value correlates of caregiver reported counseling service need and utilization for adolescents at-risk for childhood maltreatment and neglecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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