This is a second resubmission for a NIMH Scientist Development Award for New Minority Faculty (K01). The candidate proposes to use a mentored support period of 5 years to enhance her theoretical, methodological, and statistical skills to support the development of new knowledge and expertise in preventive intervention research focusing on children at risk due to parental mental illness. The candidate is a clinical psychologist with postdoctoral research experience in community violence exposure, prevention of mental health problems, anxiety disorders among African American youth, and maternal depression. The career development and research plan outlined in this application will facilitate her career goal of being an independent mental health prevention researcher (i.e., develop, organize, and implement empirically validated preventive interventions targeted at ethnically diverse, at risk youth and families suffering with parental depression). The following objectives will be achieved in this grant application: 1) enhance knowledge of transmission of psychopathology by studying risk and protective in the context of culture; 2) enhance theoretical and conceptual understanding of child mental health preventive interventions as related to reducing risk associated with parental psychopathology; 3) learn methodological and statistical skills needed to conduct an intervention trial and; 4) design and evaluate a culturally-specific preventive program for children of depressed African American mothers. The primary vehicle for achieving the above career objectives is engaging in two related studies. Study 1 is a cross-sectional, descriptive study of depressed African American mothers and their targeted child. Study 1 examines cultural and protective moderators (i.e., extended family support, social skills), mechanisms (i.e., negative parents, negative life events) and risks factors (i.e., exposure to community violence and racism) that may impact psychological outcomes in children of depressed African American mothers. Significant findings from Study 1 will be used to culturally adapt a cognitive psychoeducation preventive intervention for African American families with parental depression (Beardslee, 1997a,b) in Study 2. Study 2 consists of the adaptation of an intervention, a small open trial, and a randomized pilot study to evaluate the adapted preventive intervention (Intervention vs. Treatment-As-Usual).

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research & Training (K01)
Project #
5K01MH068619-04
Application #
7331458
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZMH1-CRB-C (15))
Program Officer
Goldstein, Amy B
Project Start
2005-01-01
Project End
2009-12-31
Budget Start
2008-01-01
Budget End
2008-12-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$141,792
Indirect Cost
Name
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department
Type
DUNS #
073757627
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19104
Boyd, Rhonda C; Tervo-Clemmens, Brenden (2013) Exploring Maternal and Child Effects of Comorbid Anxiety Disorders among African American Mothers with Depression. J Depress Anxiety 2:
Boyd, Rhonda C; Waanders, Christine (2013) Protective Factors for Depression among African American Children of Predominantly Low-Income Mothers with Depression. J Child Fam Stud 22:85-95
Lambert, Sharon F; Boyd, Rhonda C; Cammack, Nicole L et al. (2012) Relationship proximity to victims of witnessed community violence: associations with adolescent internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Am J Orthopsychiatry 82:1-9
Boyd, Rhonda C; Joe, Sean; Michalopoulos, Lynn et al. (2011) Prevalence of mood disorders and service use among US mothers by race and ethnicity: results from the National Survey of American Life. J Clin Psychiatry 72:1538-45
Boyd, Rhonda C; Diamond, Guy S; Ten Have, Thomas R (2011) Emotional and behavioral functioning of offspring of African American mothers with depression. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 42:594-608
Boyd, Rhonda C; Chen, Emmie; Benton, Tami (2009) A pilot investigation of the rates and predictors of mental health services utilization among depressed African American mothers and their children. J Natl Med Assoc 101:1096-103
Boyd, Rhonda C; Gillham, Jane E (2009) Review of Interventions for Parental Depression from Toddlerhood to Adolescence. Curr Psychiatry Rev 5:226-235
Boyd, Rhonda C; Wooden, Thananya D; Munro, Melissa A et al. (2008) The Impact of Community Violence Exposure on Anxiety in Children of Mothers with Depression. J Child Adolesc Trauma 1:287-299
Boyd, Rhonda C; Zayas, Luis H; McKee, M Diane (2006) Mother-infant interaction, life events and prenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms among urban minority women in primary care. Matern Child Health J 10:139-48
Boyd, Rhonda C; Diamond, Guys S; Bourjolly, Joretha N (2006) Developing a family-based depression prevention program in urban community mental health clinics: a qualitative investigation. Fam Process 45:187-203

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