Ethnic Matching and Treatment Outcome With Hispanic and Anglo Substance-Abusing Adolescents in Family Therapy

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-447

  Flicker, Sharon M ^a,b   Waldron, Holly Barrett ^b   Turner, Charles W ^b   Brody, Janet L ^b   Hops, Hyman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent substance abuse; client ethnicity; ethnic match; family therapy; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949177488     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.22.3.439     Document Type: Article

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