Citation

Cunningham PB, Foster SL, Warner SE. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2010; 66(8): 830-846.

Affiliation

Medical University of South Carolina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.20709

PMID

20564683

Abstract

Identifying psychotherapy processes that likely contribute to client outcome with ethnic minorities is a vital practice and research need, particularly within family-focused, evidence-based treatments (EBT) for youth with externalizing problems. Identifying process variables within a cross-cultural context may improve the efficacy of EBTs by informing psychotherapists how to modify their behavior when working with ethnically diverse clients. The authors described one approach to the development of culturally competent psychotherapy, using an observational coding system comprising Afrocentric codes to investigate culturally relevant therapist behaviors. Qualitative examples illustrated the quantitative findings relating to therapist in-session behavior that promote client engagement and positive responding during a midtreatment session of multisystemic therapy. (c) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 66:1-17, 2010.

Language: en