PSYC 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Family Therapy, Comminution, Drug Abuse Resistance Education
21 Apr 2016
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Want to figure the mediators of treatment. Recall that a mediator is a variable that explains the association between a (treatment) and b (reduction in symptoms) One study looked at these mediators of treatment: mst. Consisted of: 155 violent and chronic juvenile offenders and their caregivers. Randomly assigned to mst or treatment as usual (tau) Extent to which therapists were engaged in behaviours consistent with mst (dose of. Higher adherence = higher dose of mst. There was a direct association between increased dose of mst and decreased delinquent behaviour for the adolescent. There was a stronger direct association between increased dose of. Family functioning itself was associated with a decrease in delinquent behaviour and delinquent peer affiliation. Important: there is a big association between delinquent peer affiliation and delinquent behaviour. Even though we are seeing an association between dose of mst and delinquent behaviour, the real action is coming from family functioning.
