This study is designed to evaluate a preventive intervention program designed to support families (parents and typically developing adolescent siblings) that include a child with an intellectual and/or developmental disability. Participant families will be randomly assigned to either the treatment condition, in which they will receive psychoeducation and communication coaching over a four-week period, or the control condition, in which they will receive self-study materials. All subjects will participate in a pre-test assessment and three post-test assessments over the course of the year.
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Change in marital satisfaction -- Short Marital Adjustment Scale (SMAT)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in hostile interparental conflict -- O'Leary Porter Scales (OPS)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in family functioning -- Family Environment Scale (FES)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in typically developing siblings' perception of interparental conflict -- Children's Perception of Inter-parental Conflict (CPIC)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in typically developing siblings' levels of attachment to parents -- Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in typically developing siblings' emotional security -- Security in the Subsystem (SIS) and Security in the Family System (SIFS)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in typically developing siblings' adjustment -- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in typically developing siblings' behavior -- Youth Self-Report (YSR)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in typically developing siblings' depressive symptomatology -- Child Depression Inventory (CDI)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change on parents' depressive symptomatology - Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in parents' problem drinking behaviors -- Parental Alcohol Experiences scale (PAE)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in the quality of family conflict interactions -- Family Interactions Coding System (FICS)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in the quality of couples' conflict interactions -- Family Interactions Coding System (FICS)
Timeframe: 1 year
Change in family interactions in the home -- Daily Diaries
Timeframe: 6 months