TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting therapist adherence to a transported family-based treatment for youth
AU - Schoenwald, Sonja K.
AU - Letourneau, Elizabeth J.
AU - Halliday-Boykins, Colleen
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this article was supported by Grant MH 59138 from the National Institute of Mental Health, Grant DA 13066 from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Grant AA 12202 from the National Institute of Alcohol and Addiction, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation. The views presented here are ours alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Anne E. Casey or John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This study examined relations between therapist, caregiver, and youth characteristics and therapist adherence to multisystemic therapy (MST). Participants were 405 therapists in 45 organizations and the 1,711 families they treated with MST. Therapist perceptions that the flexible hours required to implement MST are problematic predicted lower adherence. Therapist demographic variables, professional training and experience, endorsement of the MST model, perceived difficulty and rewards of doing MST, and perceived similarity to treatments previously used did not predict adherence. Therapist-caregiver similarity on ethnicity and gender predicted higher adherence. Low caregiver education and African American ethnicity predicted higher adherence. With the exception of youth psychosocial functioning, indicators of severity of youth problems did not predict adherence.
AB - This study examined relations between therapist, caregiver, and youth characteristics and therapist adherence to multisystemic therapy (MST). Participants were 405 therapists in 45 organizations and the 1,711 families they treated with MST. Therapist perceptions that the flexible hours required to implement MST are problematic predicted lower adherence. Therapist demographic variables, professional training and experience, endorsement of the MST model, perceived difficulty and rewards of doing MST, and perceived similarity to treatments previously used did not predict adherence. Therapist-caregiver similarity on ethnicity and gender predicted higher adherence. Low caregiver education and African American ethnicity predicted higher adherence. With the exception of youth psychosocial functioning, indicators of severity of youth problems did not predict adherence.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3404_8
DO - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3404_8
M3 - Article
C2 - 16232063
AN - SCOPUS:30444460420
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 34
SP - 658
EP - 670
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 4
ER -