Caregiver-therapist ethnic similarity predicts youth outcomes from an empirically based treatment

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 808-818

  Halliday Boykins, Colleen A ^a,b   Schoenwald, Sonja K ^a,b   Letourneau, Elizabeth J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirically based treatment; Ethnic match; Multisystemic therapy; Therapist adherence; Usual care setting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; EMPIRICISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844445144     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.5.808     Document Type: Article

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