Cross-cultural comparisons of Irish and American adolescent drinking practices and beliefs.

Christiansen, Bruce A.; Teahan, John E.

doi:10.15288/jsa.1987.48.558

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“…FFT was implemented in an Irish mental health context in a community setting delivered by Irish FFT therapists to Irish youth and families. The ecological model, relational focus, treatment phases, and mechanisms of change central to FFT were all applicable to an Irish context, despite the difference in cultural norms and practices from those upon which the model was developed (Christiansen & Teahan, ; McGoldrick, ). Disadvantaged Irish adolescents and families are reluctant to become involved with mental health services.…”

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The Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy in Reducing Adolescent Mental Health Risk and Family Adjustment Difficulties in anIrish Context

2015

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To evaluate the effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy (FFT) 42 cases were randomized to FFT and 55 to a waiting-list control group. Minimization procedures controlled the effects of potentially confounding baseline variables. Cases were treated by a team of five therapists who implemented FFT with a moderate degree of fidelity. Rates of clinical recovery were significantly higher in the FFT group than in the control group. Compared to the comparison group, parents in the FFT group reported significantly greater improvement in adolescent problems on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and both parents and adolescents reported improvements in family adjustment on the Systemic Clinical Outcomes and Routine Evaluation (SCORE). In addition, 93% of youth and families in the treatment condition completed FFT. Improvements shown immediately after treatment were sustained at 3-month follow-up. Results provide a current demonstration of FFT's effectiveness for youth with behavior problems in community-based settings, expand our understanding of the range of positive outcomes of FFT to include mental health risk and family-defined problem severity and impact, and suggests that it is an effective intervention when implemented in an Irish context.

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The Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy in Reducing Adolescent Mental Health Risk and Family Adjustment Difficulties in anIrish Context

2015

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“…Both sensation seeking and urgency are facets of the five broad factors of personality (excitement seeking and impulsivity, respectively, on the NEO-PI-R), and both have high heritability coefficients (Jang et al, 1998). Previously, other researchers found that alcohol expectancies operated in similar ways in Irish, Canadian, and U.S. samples (Christiansen & Teahan, 1987;Teahan, 1987Teahan, , 1988.…”

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Implications of an Emerging Integration of Universal and Culturally Specific Psychologies

Smith

Spillane

Annus

2006

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Psychological researchers increasingly recognize that human behavior reflects a complex interplay of universal human capacities, cultural responses to unique histories and circumstances, and individual differences. Many psychological processes appear to reflect culturally specific instantiations of universal capacities. Current integrative research focuses on further clarifying definitions of universality and on refining methods for identifying universal and cultural components of psychological processes. In this article, we consider implications of this emerging integration. To illustrate possible implications for psychology, we apply it to the study of psychopathology. We report on formal models that explain why some cultures embrace dysfunction among members. We then use the integrative framework to describe methods for determining whether putative disorders bring universal or contextual life dysfunction and to clarify etiological models of three disorders. Models of psychopathology can be more informed and precise if they include careful consideration of both universal and cultural influences on behavior.

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“…As previously noted a potential confound in the alcohol expectancy literature which can also be applied equally to much contemporary psychological research, is the application of measures developed in North America without ascertaining their relevance to local cultural groups. While different profiles across cultures exist in alcohol expectancies (Christiansen & Teahan, 1987), studies conducted across several Western countries such as Scotland (Crawford 1984a;, Sweden (Gustafson, 1988), and New Zealand (Young & Knight, 1989), indicate remarkable consistency in the nature of the domains of expectancy tapped. Teahan (1987; and Christiansen and Teahan (1987) have compared the alcohol expectancy profiles of Irish and Canadian drinkers.…”

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“…While different profiles across cultures exist in alcohol expectancies (Christiansen & Teahan, 1987), studies conducted across several Western countries such as Scotland (Crawford 1984a;, Sweden (Gustafson, 1988), and New Zealand (Young & Knight, 1989), indicate remarkable consistency in the nature of the domains of expectancy tapped. Teahan (1987; and Christiansen and Teahan (1987) have compared the alcohol expectancy profiles of Irish and Canadian drinkers. They chose to examine Irish drinkers because Ireland is unique socioculturally in having a high proportion of both abstainers and alcohol dependent individuals, thus providing a strong contrast in drinking behaviour compared to other Western nations such as Canada where the distribution of consumption is less extreme.…”

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Grape Expectations: The Role of Alcohol Expectancies in the Understanding and Treatment of Problem Drinking

Young

Oei

1993

Int J Psychol

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Although research into alcohol expectancies is reasonably well established, there is scant empirical evidence to directly relate such expectancies to the treatment of problem drinking. Consistent evidence from alcohol expectancy studies indicates that problem drinkers hold clusters of strongly positive beliefs regarding alcohol, in particular perceiving their drinking as a way of coping with specific skills deficits. However the precise relationship between such beliefs and treatment has not yet been established, The research developments needed to more fully elucidate the role that alcohol expectancies play in the treatment of problem drinking are discussed.Quoique la recherche portant sur les attentes d'alcooliques est assez bien etablie, il ya peu de preuves empiriques qui relient ces attentes au traitement de l'alcoolisme. L'evidence provenant des etudes sur les attentes des alcooliques indique que les alcooliques adoptent des constellations de croyances fortement positives concernant l'alcool; en particulier, ils percoivent la boisson comme une methode de surmonter des deficits de fonctions specifiques. Cependant, la relation precise entre ces croyances et le traitement n'est pas encore complittement ttablie. Le dtveloppement necessaire de recherches pour mieux eclaircir le rBle que jouent les attentes dans le traitement de l'alcoolisme est considere. I NTRO DUCT1 0 NReflecting advances in clinical psychology over the last two decades, both theoretical and clinical models of addiction have increasingly incorporated cognitive factors. In particular the expectations held by drinkers have frequently been the focus of attention in psychological research examining Requests for reprints should be sent to T.P.S. Oei,

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Cross-cultural comparisons of Irish and American adolescent drinking practices and beliefs.

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

The Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy in Reducing Adolescent Mental Health Risk and Family Adjustment Difficulties in anIrish Context

The Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy in Reducing Adolescent Mental Health Risk and Family Adjustment Difficulties in anIrish Context

Implications of an Emerging Integration of Universal and Culturally Specific Psychologies

Grape Expectations: The Role of Alcohol Expectancies in the Understanding and Treatment of Problem Drinking

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