Adapting psychotherapy for the depressed, unacculturated, acting-out, Black male adolescent.

Paster, Vera S.

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“…The current study attempts to address the problem of low levels of therapy engagement and participation among African American youth by examining whether and how therapist behavior and content focus within the therapy session influences adolescent engagement into the treatment process. This study was informed by culturally responsive treatment models (e.g., Malgady, Rogler, & Costantino, 1990;Paster, 1985), knowledge of risk and protective factors of substance abuse and conduct disorder (Belgrave et al, 1994;Hawkins, Catalano, & Miller, 1992;Kandel, Kessler, & Margulies, 1978;Newcomb & Bentler, 1989;Newcomb & Felix-Ortiz, 1992;Palmer & Liddle, 1995), and most important, by scholarly works advocating the use of African American culture in the design of behavioral treatments for African American adolescents (Boyd-Franklin, 1989;Brookins, 1996;Paster, 1985;Rowe & Grills, 1993;Vontress, 1995). Whereas there are no empirical studies linking discussion of particular therapy content to adolescent engagement behaviors in therapy sessions, a review of empirical, theoretical, historical, and media sources relating to African American youth and families yielded themes thought to be salient to the culture of Black male substance-abusing adolescents targeted in this study.…”

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Facilitating Engagement of African American Male Adolescents in Family Therapy: A Cultural Theme Process Study

Jackson-Gilfort

Liddle

Tejeda

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Journal of Black Psychology

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This study suggests that systematic discussion of culturally salient content in therapy sessions can positively influence engagement (i.e., therapy participation and therapeutic alliance) with clinically referred African American adolescent males. In a sample of 18 African American adolescent males participating in 187 videotaped psychotherapy sessions, the in-session discussion of research derived, developmentally and culturally related content themes (anger/rage, alienation, respect, and journey from boyhood to manhood) were found to be positively associated with therapist-adolescent alliance and adolescent engagement. Discussions that focused on issues of trust and mistrust were found to negatively predict ratings of therapist-adolescent relationship, and discussions of racial identity/racial socialization were found to have no association with adolescent engagement. These findings provide clues about (a) how culturally responsive treatments can be developed, and (b) in this era of manualized therapies, the possibility of enhancing therapeutic outcomes by tailoring treatment protocols at specific levels of content focus and detail.

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Facilitating Engagement of African American Male Adolescents in Family Therapy: A Cultural Theme Process Study

Jackson-Gilfort

Liddle

Tejeda

et al. 2001

Journal of Black Psychology

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“…In contrast, Lothstein (1985) and Paster (1985) contended that psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy is appropriate for use with African American male adolescents. Paster stated that these men are responsive to treatment if their problems are understood and if their needs are appropriately met.…”

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“…Several authors have specifically addressed problems associated with combining data from African American male and African American female clients when examining psychopathology in clinical research. Myers and King (1983) and Paster (1985) suggested that the greater likelihood for African American men to drop out of school, to use chemical substances, and to be incarcerated, renders them more likely than African American women to experience psychological disturbances.…”

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Psychotherapy With African American Men: What We Know and What We Need to Know

Thorn

Sarata

1998

J Multicult Couns & Deve

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African American men are at an increasingly high risk of experiencing psychological disturbances. Strategies for establishing effective therapeutic relationships with these clients are provided in the literature. Notably absent are empirical data pertaining to the effectiveness of psychotherapy with African American men. This article reviews the literature on psychotherapy and proposes an agenda for the next decade of research with African American male clients.

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“…In addition, they often receive more externalizing diagnoses (Minsky et al, 2006; Nguyen, Huang, Arganza, & Liao, 2007) which generally result in more restrictive and correctional placements. Histories of interacting with authority figures who are “accepting, non-manipulative, non-punitive, and yet strong” within various settings may be severely lacking (Paster, 1985, p. 413). Hence, many Black males are likely to simply view counselors as institutional agents that are there to do the biddings of the systems in which they work rather than as an ally or source of help.…”

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Satisfaction with counseling among black males in transition from the foster care system

Scott

Munson

White

2009

Children and Youth Services Review

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Using the Multidimensional Adolescent Satisfaction Scale , satisfaction with counseling and associated variables were examined among Black males (n = 47) transitioning from the foster care system. Potential associated variables assessed were foster care custody status, counseling status, diagnosis of major depression and disruptive behavior disorder based DSM-IV criteria, history of placement in congregate care settings, attitudes toward mental health services, stigma beliefs, and masculine norms. Results from simultaneous multiple regression analysis showed that attitudes toward mental health services contributed significantly to satisfaction with counseling. Specifically, Black males who expressed more positive attitudes toward mental health services in terms of confidence in mental health professionals and the therapeutic process reported greater satisfaction. Implications and future research directions are discussed. KeywordsBlack males; foster care; client satisfaction; counseling; attitudes toward mental health services Despite the growing interest in consumer's level of satisfaction with services among public and private systems of mental health care, focus on the level of satisfaction with mental health services among children and youth has not matched the attention given to adult consumers (Garland, Haine, & Boxmeyer, 2007). Among young consumers of mental health services, studies clearly show that children and youth in foster care utilize significantly more services than their counterparts who are (a) recipients of SSI, AFDC, and other types of statewide Medicaid assistance (dosReis, Zito, Safer, & Soeken, 2001;Harman, Childs, & Kelleher, 2000), (b) living in poverty (Farmer et al., 2001), and (c) receiving services in other sectors of care such as the juvenile justice system (Hazen, Hough, Landsverk, & Wood, 2004). In this study, we focus on Black males who are transitioning from the foster care system. Specifically, their level of satisfaction with counseling and the variables associated with their satisfaction are examined.*Correspondence may be addressed to Lionel D. Scott, Jr., Georgia State University, School of Social Work, P.O. Box 3995, Atlanta GA 30302; email: lscottjr@gsu.edu, Tel.: +1 404 413 1064; fax: +1 404 413 1075. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptChild Youth Serv Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 January 1. Despite the disproportionate representation of Black children in the foster care system (Wulczyn & Lery, 2007), studies indicate that Black children and youth in public sy...

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Adapting psychotherapy for the depressed, unacculturated, acting-out, Black male adolescent.

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

Facilitating Engagement of African American Male Adolescents in Family Therapy: A Cultural Theme Process Study

Facilitating Engagement of African American Male Adolescents in Family Therapy: A Cultural Theme Process Study

Psychotherapy With African American Men: What We Know and What We Need to Know

Satisfaction with counseling among black males in transition from the foster care system

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