Assessing fidelity in individual and family therapy for adolescent substance abuse.

Full Abstract

This study introduces an observational measure of fidelity in evidence-based practices for adolescent substance abuse treatment. The Therapist Behavior Rating Scale-Competence (TBRS-C) measures adherence and competence in individual cognitive-behavioral therapy and multidimensional family therapy for adolescent substance abuse. The TBRS-C assesses fidelity to the core therapeutic goals of each approach and also contains global ratings of therapist competence. Study participants were 136 clinically referred adolescents and their families observed in 437 treatment sessions. The TBRS-C demonstrated strong interrater reliability for goal-specific ratings of treatment adherence, and modest reliability for goal-specific and global ratings of therapist competence, evidence of construct validity, and discriminant validity with an observational measure of therapeutic alliance. The utility of the TBRS-C for evaluating treatment fidelity in field settings is discussed.

Author information

Author/s: Hogue, Aaron (A); Dauber, Sarah (S); Chinchilla, Priscilla (P); Fried, Adam (A); Henderson, Craig (C); Inclan, Jaime (J); Reiner, Robert H (RH); Liddle, Howard A (HA);

Affiliation: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, New York, NY 10017-6706, USA. ahogue(-atsign-)casacolumbia.org

Grants: P50 DA07697 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS) ; R01 DA014571-01 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS) ; R01 DA014571-02 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS) ; R01 DA014571-03 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS) ; R01 DA014571-04 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS) ; R01 DA14571 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Journal of substance abuse treatment (J Subst Abuse Treat), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Sep; vol 35 (issue 2) : pp 137-47

Dates: Created 2008/07/25; Completed 2008/09/29; Revised 2009/09/02;

PMID: 17997268, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 9/4/2009, IMS Date: )

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