Client‐level Predictors of Adherence to MST in Community Service Settings
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Family Process
- Vol. 42 (3) , 345-359
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00345.x
Abstract
This study examined the association of youth and family characteristics with therapist fidelity to an evidence-based treatment provided in real world practice settings. Participants were 233 families that reported on the 66 therapists organized into 16 teams in nine organizations providing multisystemic therapy (MST). Therapist adherence ratings were lower for youths referred for both criminal offenses and substance abuse than for youths referred either for substance abuse or status offenses, and was negatively associated with pretreatment arrests and school suspensions. Adherence ratings were positively associated with educational disadvantage and caregiver-therapist ethnic match and marginally positively associated with economic disadvantage. The findings suggest directions for future research on the implementation of evidence-based treatments in community settings.Keywords
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