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Could Emotional Security Theory Help Advance Family-Focused Preventive Interventions?

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In the following commentary, I examine the reformulated emotional security theory (EST-R) through the lens of a family-oriented prevention scientist. Over the past three decades, prevention science has accumulated an impressive body of findings that demonstrate the efficacy of family-focused preventive interventions for improving parenting and family functioning, while also decreasing child and adolescent mental, emotional, and behavioral problems. The following commentary begins with a brief overview of what we know about family-focused preventive interventions, highlights a few critical elements that we don’t know, and then discusses how EST-R might help bridge that knowledge gap.

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  1. Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    J. Douglas Coatsworth Ph.D.

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Coatsworth, J.D. (2013). Could Emotional Security Theory Help Advance Family-Focused Preventive Interventions?. In: Landale, N., McHale, S., Booth, A. (eds) Families and Child Health. National Symposium on Family Issues. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6194-4_8

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