Assessing Fidelity in Individual and Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Abuse

Overview

Journal J Subst Abuse Treat

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2007 Nov 13

PMID 17997268

Citations 32

Authors

Aaron Hogue

Sarah Dauber

Priscilla Chinchilla

Adam Fried

Craig Henderson

Jaime Inclan

Robert H Reiner

Howard A Liddle

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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.

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