TY - JOUR
T1 - Vida Alegre
T2 - Preliminary Findings of a Depression Intervention for Immigrant Latino Mothers
AU - Piedra, Lissette M.
AU - Byoun, Soo Jung
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This study received financial support from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Research Board, grant awarded to Lissette M. Piedra, and from the School of Social Work.
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Objectives: This article reports the outcome of a pilot study of a cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) intervention-Vida Alegre (the contented life)-designed for use with depressed immigrant mothers living in communities with small but rapidly growing Hispanic populations. Method: The study used a pretest/posttest/follow-up design to examine whether exposure to the intervention reduced symptoms of depression. Results: Although based on a small, nonrandomized sample, the results are promising at pretest/baseline, the average Center for Epidemiology Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) score was 25; at posttest and follow-up, the average CES-D scores were 12 and 11.3, respectively. Wilcoxon signed-ranks tests showed that the pretest and posttest scores are significantly different (Z = -2.22, p < .05, r = .67), indicating a decline in depression. A content analysis of transcripts from three focus groups indicates the usefulness of intervention. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that an existing CBGT can be modified to address immigrant issues.
AB - Objectives: This article reports the outcome of a pilot study of a cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) intervention-Vida Alegre (the contented life)-designed for use with depressed immigrant mothers living in communities with small but rapidly growing Hispanic populations. Method: The study used a pretest/posttest/follow-up design to examine whether exposure to the intervention reduced symptoms of depression. Results: Although based on a small, nonrandomized sample, the results are promising at pretest/baseline, the average Center for Epidemiology Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) score was 25; at posttest and follow-up, the average CES-D scores were 12 and 11.3, respectively. Wilcoxon signed-ranks tests showed that the pretest and posttest scores are significantly different (Z = -2.22, p < .05, r = .67), indicating a decline in depression. A content analysis of transcripts from three focus groups indicates the usefulness of intervention. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that an existing CBGT can be modified to address immigrant issues.
KW - Latino immigrants
KW - cognitive behavioral treatment
KW - intervention strategies
KW - maternal depression
KW - new growth communities
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U2 - 10.1177/1049731511424168
DO - 10.1177/1049731511424168
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857324734
SN - 1049-7315
VL - 22
SP - 138
EP - 150
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
IS - 2
ER -