Strengthening Washington DC Families (SWFP) Project, 1998 - 2004

The Strengthening Washington DC Families (SWFP) Project examined the effectiveness of an evidence-based prevention program implemented on a sample of 715 families across mulitple settings in an urban area. The study area also included suburban Maryland. SWFP was set up as a true experimental design with families being randomly placed into one of four treatment conditions: child skills training only parent skills training only parent and child skills training plus family skills training minimal treatment controls Entire families were assigned to one of the four treatment conditions. Data were collected from all family members who participated in the program. Thus the individual data files contain more than 715 records. The parent file contains 796 cases and the child file contains 961 cases. The Strengthening Families Program is based on cognitive-behavioral social learning theory and family systems theory targeting elementary school-aged children. In this program parents receive training in parenting skills, children receive training primarily in social skills, and families receive family skills training. The aim of the program is to effectively reduce parent, child, and family risk factors for substance use and delinquency.

华盛顿特区家庭强化项目（SWFP）旨在探究一项基于实证的预防计划在都市区域内多个环境中的实施效果。该研究区域还包括马里兰州的郊区。SWFP项目采用严格的实验设计，将715个家庭随机分配至四个不同的处理条件之一：仅儿童技能培训、仅父母技能培训、父母与儿童技能培训加家庭技能培训以及最小处理控制。数据收集涵盖所有参与项目的家庭成员，因此个体数据文件包含超过715条记录。父母文件包含796个案例，儿童文件包含961个案例。强化家庭项目基于认知行为社会学习理论和家庭系统理论，针对小学年龄段的儿童。在此项目中，父母接受育儿技能培训，儿童主要接受社交技能培训，家庭接受家庭技能培训。项目旨在有效降低父母、儿童和家庭在物质使用和违法行为方面的风险因素。