ABSTRACT

Objective

This study examines whether parents involved in the child welfare system, due to substance abuse, who receive solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) counseling experience more hope and positive emotions than those receiving treatment-as-usual counseling services.

Methods

Randomized controlled trial design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of SFBT in primary substance use treatment services for parents (n = 123). Difference-in-Difference (DiD) estimation was used to assess the effect of SFBT intervention on hope, positive emotions, and negative emotions.

Results

DiD analyses showed SFBT parents had slightly worse scores on hope and emotion subscales at baseline and demonstrated slightly greater positive changes on all scales at posttest, though these findings were not statistically different from control group. Positive associations between SFBT and hope sub-scales were found; however, effects were not statistically significant.

Conclusion

SFBT may help increase positive emotions and hope in parents through a solution-building approach, but more research is needed.

中文翻译：

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随机对照试验研究使用参与儿童福利系统的父母检查以解决方案为重点的简短治疗中的积极情绪和希望

摘要

客观的

本研究调查了参与儿童福利系统的父母是否因药物滥用而接受以解决方案为重点的简短治疗 (SFBT) 咨询比接受常规治疗咨询服务的父母体验到更多希望和积极情绪。

方法

随机对照试验设计用于评估 SFBT 在父母主要物质使用治疗服务中的有效性（n = 123）。差中差 (DiD) 估计用于评估 SFBT 干预对希望、积极情绪和消极情绪的影响。

结果

DiD 分析显示，SFBT 父母在基线时的希望和情绪分量表得分略低，并且在后测时在所有量表上都表现出稍大的积极变化，尽管这些发现与对照组没有统计学差异。发现 SFBT 与希望分量表之间存在正相关；然而，效果在统计学上并不显着。

结论

SFBT 可能通过建立解决方案的方法帮助增加父母的积极情绪和希望，但需要更多的研究。