Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on March 3, 2005
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2005 30(8):689-693; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsi056
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Commentary: Involving Families in Psychological Interventions in Pediatric Psychology: Critical Needs and Dilemmas
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dennis Drotar, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-6038. E-mail: dxd3@po.edu.
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Addressing Salient Gaps in Family Participation in Psychological Interventions |
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In this special issue of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Barbara Fiese, the editor, has done our field of pediatric psychology a noteworthy service by bringing together outstanding contributions that emphasize the importance and potential power of family-centered interventions to promote children’s health and psychological well-being. These contributions build upon an emerging body of family-based research in child development and pediatric psychology (Fiese & Wamboldt, 2003
; Fiese, Wilder, & Bickham, 2000; Sharpe & Rossiter, 2002; Wysocki & Gavin, 2004).
In the lead off contribution to the special issue, Phares, Lopez, Fields, Kamboulius, and Dubig (this issue) call attention to the continuing gaps in research concerning the limited inclusion of fathers in research, including studies of family-based interventions and the failure to analyze the effects of psychological interventions on mothers and fathers separately. Attention to these important methodological issues is critical for several reasons: Given the very
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Some Unanswered Questions and Future Directions Concerning Family-Based Interventions |
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Feasibility and Necessity
Role of Theory in Testing Interventions
Integration of Family-Based Intervention Research and Practice
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