A5082587115- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Community Health and Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Health disparities and outcomes
University of Southern California
2016-2025
University of California, Irvine
2025
Southern California University for Professional Studies
2019-2021
University of California, Los Angeles
1997-2021
Craig Hospital
2018
Medical University of South Carolina
2000-2004
Mercy Health
2004
Mercy Medical Center
2004
The mechanisms through which multisystemic therapy (MST) decreased delinquent behavior were assessed in 2 samples of juvenile offenders. Sample 1 included serious offenders who predominantly rural, male, and African American. substance-abusing urban, Caucasian. Therapist adherence to the MST protocol (based on multiple respondents) was associated with improved family relations (family cohesion, functioning, parent monitoring) peer affiliation, which, turn, behavior. Furthermore, changes...
Latino adolescents report high levels of depression compared to other youth, yet little is known about how culture-specific factors contribute risk (Blazer, Kessler, McGonagle, & Swartz, 1994; Roberts, Chen, 1997; Roberts Sobhan, 1992; Twenge Nolen-Hoeksema, 2002). In this study we evaluated the link between cultural discrepancy (i.e., perceived acculturation and gender role disparity children their parents) among immigrants. Compared boys, Latina reported greater differences in traditional...
This is the official update on status of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for ethnic minority youth. Compared to a decade ago, there has been expansion well-designed intervention studies, growth in number (not type) meeting criteria, and greater focus testing ethnicity/race moderator effects. In terms standard evidence, 4 are now well-established 10 probably efficacious or possibly efficacious, with most protocols drawing cognitive behavioral change procedures and/or family systems...
The relations of Ego control (EC), resiliency (ER), and the Five-Factor Model Personality (FFM) with behavioral emotional problems were explored among 116 clinic-referred children. Within EC-ER model, undercontrol was most important in predicting externalizing problems, both brittleness (the relative absence ER) made equal contributions to internalizing problems. FFM, Extraversion Agreeableness independent predictors whereas only Neuroticism predicted When model tested against latter...
Numerous studies have reported that Black women are more satisfied with their bodies than White women. The buffering hypothesis suggests aspects of culture protect against media ideals promote a slender female body type; therefore, expected to exhibit higher esteem To test this hypothesis, the current study aimed assess influence race on weight perception, perceived attractiveness, and interrelations between mass index (BMI) attractiveness among overweight obese Participants were 1,694...
This study is a 6-month follow-up of randomized pilot evaluation standard one-session treatment (OST-S) versus culturally adapted OST (OST-CA) with phobic Asian Americans. OST-CA included seven cultural adaptations drawn from prior research East Asians and Results 1-week show that both OST-S were effective at reducing symptoms compared self-help control. Moreover, was superior to for several outcomes. For catastrophic thinking general fear, moderator analyses indicated low-acculturation...
Abstract Objective The current study evaluated two web‐based programs for eating disorder prevention in high‐risk, predominantly ethnic minority women. Method Two hundred and seventy‐one women with elevated weight concerns were randomized to Internet dissonance‐based intervention (DBI‐I), cognitive‐behavioral (CBI‐I), or no (NI). Both interventions consisted of four weekly online sessions. Participants assessed at pre‐ post intervention. Outcome measures included pathology, body...
This review summarized the literature on psychosocial interventions for youth of color. Ninety-three journal articles randomized clinical trials, with samples comprising color, published between 1974 and 2018 were coded sample characteristics, intervention strategies incorporating culture into psychotherapy. Results found 69 to be efficacious color; 32% these included a strategy The evidence base was largest Black Hispanic/Latinx populations targeting disruptive behavior problems. most...
In this pilot trial, 15 phobic Asian Americans were randomly assigned to standard one-session treatment (OSTS), culturally adapted (OST-CA), or manualized self-help. At posttreatment, OST (combined and adapted) led greater reductions in avoidance anxiety than Moreover, analyses comparing the two active treatments showed trends favoring OST-CA over OST-S. Results suggest that may benefit most from empirically supported consider cultural values. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all...