Structural family versus psychodynamic child therapy for problematic Hispanic boys

Structural family therapy, psychodynamic child therapy, and a recreational control condition were compared for 69 six-to-twelve-year-old Hispanic boys who presented with behavioral and emotional problems. The results suggest that the control condition was significantly less effective in retaining ca...

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Published inJournal of consulting and clinical psychology Vol. 57; no. 5; p. 571
Main Authors Szapocznik, J, Rio, A, Murray, E, Cohen, R, Scopetta, M, Rivas-Vazquez, A, Hervis, O, Posada, V, Kurtines, W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1989
Subjects
Child
Family Therapy - methods
Florida
Hispanic Americans - psychology
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - therapy
Models, Psychological
Patient Compliance
Psychotherapy - methods
Florida
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Summary:Structural family therapy, psychodynamic child therapy, and a recreational control condition were compared for 69 six-to-twelve-year-old Hispanic boys who presented with behavioral and emotional problems. The results suggest that the control condition was significantly less effective in retaining cases than the two treatment conditions, which were apparently equivalent in reducing behavioral and emotional problems as well as in improving psychodynamic ratings of child functioning. Structural family therapy was more effective than psychodynamic child therapy in protecting the integrity of the family at 1-year follow-up. Finally, the results did not support basic assumptions of structural family systems therapy regarding the mechanisms mediating symptom reduction.
ISSN:0022-006X
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.57.5.571