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Franko, Debra L.; Thompson-Brenner, Heather; Thompson, Douglas R.; Boisseau, Christina L.; Davis, Angela; Forbush, Kelsie T.; Roehrig, James P.; Bryson, Susan W.; Bulik, Cynthia M.; Crow, Scott J.; Devlin, Michael J.; Gorin, Amy A.; Grilo, Carlos M.; Kristeller, Jean L.; Masheb, Robin M.; Mitchell, James E.; Peterson, Carol B.; Safer, Debra L.; Striegel, Ruth H.; Wilfley, Denise E.; Wilson, G. Terence – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Recent studies suggest that binge eating disorder (BED) is as prevalent among African American and Hispanic Americans as among Caucasian Americans; however, data regarding the characteristics of treatment-seeking individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups are scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Minority Groups, Racial Differences, Body Composition
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Blankers, Matthijs; Koeter, Maarten W. J.; Schippers, Gerard M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Problematic alcohol use is the third leading contributor to the global burden of disease, partly because the majority of problem drinkers are not receiving treatment. Internet-based alcohol interventions attract an otherwise untreated population, but their effectiveness has not yet been established. The current study examined the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Interviews
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Schonbrun, Yael Chatav; Whisman, Mark A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the association between marital distress and mental health service utilization in a population-based sample of men and women (N = 1,601). Method: The association between marital distress and mental health care service utilization was evaluated for overall mental health service utilization and for…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Anxiety
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Gaylord-Harden, Noni K.; Cunningham, Jamila A.; Holmbeck, Grayson N.; Grant, Kathryn E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The purpose of the current study was to demonstrate the replicable nature of statistical suppressor effects in coping research through 2 examples with African American adolescents from low-income communities. Method: Participants in the 1st example included 497 African American adolescents (mean age = 12.61 years, SD = 0.99; 57% female)…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Coping, Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology)
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Schumm, Jeremiah A.; O'Farrell, Timothy J.; Murphy, Christopher M.; Fals-Stewart, William – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
This study examined partner violence before and in the 1st and 2nd year after behavioral couples therapy (BCT) for 103 married or cohabiting women seeking alcohol dependence treatment and their male partners; it used a demographically matched nonalcoholic comparison sample. The treatment sample received M = 16.7 BCT sessions over 5-6 months.…
Descriptors: Females, Incidence, Alcoholism, Patients
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Carlbring, Per; Smit, Filip – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Although effective therapies for pathological gambling exist, their uptake is limited to 10% of the target population. To lower the barriers for help seeking, the authors tested an online alternative in a randomized trial (N = 66). The participants were pathological gamblers not presenting with severe comorbid depression. A wait-list control was…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Quality of Life, Behavior Modification, Telecommunications
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Mond, J. M.; Hay, P. J.; Darby, A.; Paxton, S. J.; Quirk, F.; Buttner, P.; Owen, C.; Rodgers, B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Variables associated with the use of health services were examined in a prospective, community-based study of women with bulimic-type eating disorders who did (n = 33) or did not (n = 58) receive treatment for an eating problem during a 12-month follow-up period. Participants who received treatment for an eating problem differed from those who did…
Descriptors: Health Services, Body Weight, Early Intervention, Females
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Weiss, Bahr; Tram, Jane M.; Weisz, John R.; Rescorla, Leslie; Achenbach, Thomas M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Individuals react in a variety of ways when experiencing environmental challenges exceeding their capacity to cope adaptively. Some researchers have suggested that Asian populations tend to react to excessive stress with somatic symptoms, whereas Western populations tend to respond more with affective or depressive symptoms. Other researchers,…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Referral, Researchers
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Le Meyer, Oanh; Zane, Nolan; Cho, Young Il; Takeuchi, David T. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Research suggests that Asian Americans underutilize mental health services but an understanding of the multiple factors involved in utilization has not been examined in a nationally representative sample. The current study analyzed data from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS) and examined 368 individuals with disorders to…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Asian Americans
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Sysko, Robyn; Hildebrandt, Tom; Wilson, G. Terence; Wilfley, Denise E.; Agras, W. Stewart – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The purpose of the study was to explore heterogeneity and differential treatment outcome among a sample of patients with binge eating disorder (BED). Method: A latent class analysis was conducted with 205 treatment-seeking, overweight or obese individuals with BED randomized to interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), behavioral weight loss…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Body Composition, Physical Activities, Eating Disorders
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Harrington, Ellen F.; Crowther, Janis H.; Shipherd, Jillian C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The primary goal of this study was to test a culturally specific model of binge eating in African American female trauma survivors, investigating potential mechanisms through which trauma exposure and distress were related to binge eating symptomatology. Method: Participants were 179 African American female trauma survivors who…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Inhibition, Questionnaires, Path Analysis
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Ball, Samuel A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Assessed sensation seeking, substance abuse severity, and psychiatric disorders in clinical and community sample of 335 cocaine abusers. In contrast to low-sensation-seeking subjects, high-sensation seekers exhibited more severe symptoms of substance abuse, exhibited more severe psychosocial impairment, were more likely to be polysubstance…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Help Seeking, Psychopathology, Substance Abuse
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Wyman, Peter A.; Brown, C. Hendricks; Inman, Jeff; Cross, Wendi; Schmeelk-Cone, Karen; Guo, Jing; Pena, Juan B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Gatekeeper-training programs, designed to increase identification and referral of suicidal individuals, are widespread but largely untested. A group-based randomized trial with 32 schools examined impact of Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) training on a stratified random sample of 249 staff with 1-year average follow-up. To test QPR impact, the…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Prevention, Suicide, Identification
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Monroe, Scott M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
Examined life stress and time lag between onset of depression and treatment entry for 61 outpatient depressives. Results indicated that life stress occurring before onset of depression was highly predictive of time to treatment entry. Further analyses suggest different mechanisms of association between different stress variables and time to…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Help Seeking, Stress Variables, Time
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Stice, Eric; Bohon, Cara; Marti, C. Nathan; Fischer, Kathryn – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Studies have found that individuals with bulimia nervosa can be classified into dietary and dietary-negative affect subtypes and that the latter exhibit greater eating pathology, psychiatric comorbidity, and functional impairment; a more protracted clinical course; and a worse treatment response. In this report, the authors describe 2 prospective…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Predictive Validity, Pathology
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