TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - Predicting Therapist Adherence to a Transported Family-Based Treatment for Youth JO - Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology A1 - Schoenwald, Sonja K. A1 - Halliday-Boykins, Colleen A. A1 - Letourneau, Elizabeth J. SP - 658 EP - 670 VL - 34 IS - 4 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. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2005. Copyright © 2005 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates) For more information on Multisystemic Therapy, a Blueprints for Violence Prevention Model program, see VioPro record number 2261. Offender Treatment Juvenile Offender Juvenile Violence Juvenile Treatment Juvenile Delinquency Delinquency Intervention Delinquency Treatment Violence Intervention Violence Treatment Family Preservation Family Based Multisystemic Therapy Blueprints Model Reference Juvenile Behavior Juvenile Antisocial Behavior Juvenile Problem Behavior Behavior Treatment Treatment Program Intervention Program Behavior Intervention Program Effectiveness Program Implementation Integrity Therapist Role Mental Health Personnel Role 02-06
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