Study Details

Citation

Kerr, D. C. R., Leve, L. D., Chamberlain, P. (2009). Pregnancy rates among juvenile justice girls in two randomized controlled trials of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care. Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 588-593. (Trial 2).

Leve, L. D., Chamberlain, P., Smith, D. K., Harold, G. T. (2012). Multidimensional treatment foster care as an intervention for juvenile justice girls in out-of-home care. In S. Miller et al. (Eds.), Delinquent girls: Contexts, relationships, and adaptation (pp. 147-160).

Leve, L. D., Kerr, D. C. R., Harold, G. T. (2013). Young adult outcomes associated with teen pregnancy among high-risk girls in a randomized controlled trial of multidimensional treatment foster care. Journal of Child Adolescent Substance Abuse, 22(5), 421-434.

Program or Component Study?
Program
Program or Component Name

Multidimentional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)

Show Evidence of Effectiveness
No
Study Rating and Explanation
High —

Random assignment study that met all criteria for a high rating; impact on pregnancy was not statistically significant at p .05 for Trial 2 alone.

Program Information

Program Type
Programs for special populations
Program Length
More than 20 sessions

Evaluation Setting

Evaluation Setting
After school

Study Sample

Average Age Group
14 to 17
Majority Racial/Ethnic Group
White
Sex
Young female

Research Design

Assignment Method
Randomized controlled trial
Sample Size

82

Number of Follow-Ups

4

Length of Last Follow-Up

0

Year of Last Data Collection
2006
Reviewed Studies
High-Quality Randomized Trial
Protocol Version
Version 1.0
Effect Sizes
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NA = Not available. This means the authors did not report the information in the manuscripts associated with the studies we reviewed.

a This information was not available whenever authors did not report information for the treatment and comparison groups separately on outcome means, standard deviations, and/or sample sizes.

b Authors reported that the program effect (impact) estimate is statistically significant with a p-value of less than 0.05 based on a two-tailed test.

c For some outcomes, having less of that outcome is favorable. In those cases, an effect with a negative sign is favorable to the treatment group (that is, the treatment group had a more favorable outcome than the comparison group, on average).

d An effect shows credibly estimated, statistically significant evidence whenever it has a p-value of less than 0.05 based on a two-tailed test, includes the appropriate adjustment for clustering (if applicable), and it is not based on an endogenous subgroup.

Language directly from the program model developer or authors.