Cynthia Cupit Swenson

TL;DR: The findings of this study demonstrate the potential for broad-based treatments of child physical abuse to be effectively transported and implemented in community treatment settings.

TL;DR: Discriminant analyses demonstrated the PEDS could distinguish traumatic event exposure and nonexposure groups, although maternal education should be a significant consideration in interpretation.

TL;DR: Fourteen months after a hurricane, young children who had experienced the storm showed significantly higher anxiety and withdrawal and more behavior problems than did children who hadn't and behavioral problems decreased steadily over the six months following the storm.

TL;DR: The results suggest that peer and family support are particularly important for physically abused children's psychological functioning, particularly for internalizing problems.

TL;DR: This article responds to a recent paper published in Children and Youth Services Review, in which Julia Littell concluded that multisystemic therapy (MST), a family- and evidence-based treatment of serious juvenile offenders, does not reduce rates of rearrest or incarceration and does not improve family relations.