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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	48.954
Context details	At risk boys with socioeconomic, family, and/or child risk factors for future conduct problems, with mothers in WIC, in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Age	24.1 months

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2001
Implementer	Researchers
Duration (months)	N/A
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Families received initial assessment home visit, 2 visits with masters-level trained therapist, up to 6 follow-up sessions; 8 WIC sites participated

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Behavioral	CBCL-aggression	1	112	YT0: 9.70; YC0: 9.11; YT1: 9.85; YC1: 9.85; SDT0: 4.13; SDC0: 3.65; SDT1: 4.04; SDC1: 4.41; NT0: 60; NC0: 60; NT1: 57; NC1: 55
Complete sample	Behavioral	CBCL-destructive	1	112	YT0: 3.72; YC0: 3.63; YT1: 2.66; YC1: 2.66; SDT0: 1.71; SDC0: 2.24; SDT1: 1.82; SDC1: 1.92; NT0: 60; NC0: 60; NT1: 57; NC1: 55

Study	Shaw, Daniel S., Thomas J. Dishion, Lauren Supplee, Frances Gardner, and Karin Arnds. "Randomized Trial of a Family-Centered Approach to the Prevention of Early Conduct Problems: 2-Year Effects of the Family Check-Up in Early Childhood." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 74, no. 1 (2006): 1-9.