Factors That Predict Premature Termination Among Mexican-American Children in Outpatient Psychotherapy.

The role of demographic variables, acculturation, and therapy attitudes and expectations in predicting treatment dropout for Mexican-American families who presented for mental health treatment for a young child at a community mental health center was examined. Univariate analyses indicated that less...

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Publicado en:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 347 - 360
Autor principal: McCabe, Kristen M.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. September 2002
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      ab: The role of demographic variables, acculturation, and therapy attitudes and expectations in predicting treatment dropout for Mexican-American families who presented for mental health treatment for a young child at a community mental health center was examined. Univariate analyses indicated that less educated parents who felt that they should be able to overcome their child's mental health problems on their own, and who felt that emotional and behavioral problems should be handled by increasing discipline were more likely to terminate prematurely. In addition, parents who perceived more barriers to treatment and expected their child to recover quickly were more likely to drop out of treatment after attending just one session. Measures of household income, acculturation, therapist-client ethnic match, perceptions of stigma, and expectations of therapist directiveness were not related to treatment dropout. When multivariate analyses were examined, parental education, perceived barriers to treatment, and belief in increased discipline remained significant predictors of treatment dropout, and client-therapist ethnic match became a significant predictor of dropout. Results are discussed in terms of implications for culturally-sensitive interventions. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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