Showing papers by "Sarah A. Mustillo published in 2009"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined rates and predictors of movement back home and stability of reunifications of youth with mental health problems and found that older youth and boys were more likely to return home, whereas youth from families with higher incomes were slightly more likely than others to be placed out of home but also most likely to be stably reunited.
Abstract: Recent work suggests that out-of-home placements continue to be relatively common for youth with mental health problems, even within systems of care. The current work examines rates and predictors of movement back home and stability of reunifications. During the focal period, 1,778 youths experienced out-of-home placements; 61% moved back home, and 22% of those reunited were placed out of home again. Race was related to likelihood of reunification and instability: American Indian youth were least likely to return home, whereas Hispanic youth were at increased risk of unstable reunifications. Older youth and boys were more likely to return home, whereas youth from families with higher incomes were slightly more likely to be placed out of home but also most likely to be stably reunited. Higher (i.e., worse) total Child Behavior Checklist score was related to moving back home, whereas decreased strengths and more child-level risk factors predicted instability of reunification.
57 citations
01 Dec 2009
44 citations
TL;DR: It appears that the quality of the relationship between the youth and treatment parent in a TFC setting is at least one of the mechanism or process factors that contribute to improved functioning for the youth.
Abstract: The therapeutic relationship is increasingly recognized as important to understanding how process variables contribute to treatment outcomes. In this paper, we examine the therapeutic relationship between children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders and their treatment providers in the context of an observational study of Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC). Our findings suggest that the quality of the relationship between the treatment parent and youth in a TFC setting is significantly associated with better emotional and behavioral functioning for the youth. It appears from these findings that the quality of the relationship between the youth and treatment parent in a TFC setting is at least one of the mechanism or process factors that contribute to improved functioning for the youth.
32 citations
TL;DR: The data suggest that prepregnancy depressive mood may be a risk factor for preterm birth among black and white women.
Abstract: Objectives: We examine associations among race, prepregnancy depressive mood, and preterm birth (<37 weeks gestation) in a cohort study of black and white women. Methods: We tested for med...
28 citations
Posted Content•
TL;DR: In this article, a multi-level growth model is proposed to fit electoral data in a cross-national context in order to estimate the influence of predictors at the levels of country, party, or district on the variance components of the data.
Abstract: In this methodological paper, we propose a multi level growth model to fit electoral data in a cross-national context in order to estimate the influence of predictors at the levels of country, party, or district on the variance components of the data. The variance components represent values of conceptual interest; namely volatility, dynamic nationalization, and static nationalization. We replicate tests of two institutional hypotheses to demonstrate the behavior of the model, confirming that parties in presidential regimes have lower levels of dynamic nationalization than parties in parliamentary regimes, and that parties competing under single member district plurality electoral systems have lower levels of static nationalization than parties competing under proportional representation systems.