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A Multisite Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Motivational Enhancement Therapy for Spanish-Speaking Substance Users
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Carroll, Kathleen M.; Martino, Steve; Ball, Samuel A.; Nich, Charla; Frankforter, Tami; Anez, Luis M.; Paris, Manuel; Suarez-Morales, Lourdes; Szapocznik, Jose; Miller, William R.; Rosa, Carmen; Matthews, Julie; Farentinos, Chris – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Hispanic individuals are underrepresented in clinical and research populations and are often excluded from clinical trials in the United States. Hence, there are few data on the effectiveness of most empirically validated therapies for Hispanic substance users. The authors conducted a multisite randomized trial comparing the effectiveness of 3…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Therapy, Substance Abuse, Outcomes of Treatment
Engaging Adolescent Drug Abusers and Their Families in Treatment: A Strategic Structural Systems Approach.
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Szapocznik, Jose; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Examined effectiveness of strategy for engaging adolescent drug users and their families in therapy. Assigned drug-using Hispanic adolescents (N=108) and families to strategic structural-systems engagement (experimental) condition or to engagement-as-usual (control) condition. Experimental subjects engaged at rate of 93 percent, with 77 percent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Family Involvement
Conjoint versus One-Person Family Therapy: Some Evidence for the Effectiveness of Conducting Family Therapy through One Person.
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Szapocznik, Jose; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Presents the results of a therapy-outcome study comparing the relative effectiveness of conjoint family therapy and one-person family therapy in Hispanic families (N=37). Results indicated that both treatment modalities were highly effective in improving family functioning and that one-person family therapy was more effective in reducing…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Drug Rehabilitation, Family (Sociological Unit)
Bridging Theory, Research and Practice to More Successfully Engage Substance Abusing Youth and Their Families into Therapy.
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Santisteban, Daniel A.; Szapocznik, Jose – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1994
Bridges gap between systems theory, clinical research and clinical practice to address patterns that prevent families with substance-abusing youth from entering treatment. Reviews developments in family systems thinking that provide foundation for working with hard-to-reach families, discusses specific family interactional patterns that present…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Drug Rehabilitation, Family Counseling
Change Processes in Family Therapy with Hispanic Adolescents.
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Robbins, Michael S.; Mitrani, Victoria B.; Zarate, Monica; Perez, Gonzalo A.; Coatsworth, J. Douglas; Szapocznik, Jose – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2002
Changes in within-session family interaction patterns were examined over the course of Brief Strategic Family Therapy with four Hispanic adolescents referred for behavior problems and drug or alcohol use. Adolescents' successful outcomes were related to improvements in family style of conflict resolution and other measures of family functioning.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Brief Psychotherapy, Conflict Resolution