Flicker Sharon M, Waldron Holly Barrett, Turner Charles W, Brody Janet L, Hops Hyman
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2008 Jun;22(3):439-47. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.22.3.439.
This study examined treatment outcomes of 86 highly acculturated Hispanic and Anglo substance-abusing adolescents in functional family therapy, testing the hypothesis that ethnic matching of therapist and client is related to better treatment outcomes for clients. Adolescents reported on their substance use pre- and posttreatment on a timeline follow-back interview. Ethnically matched Hispanic adolescents demonstrated greater decreases in their substance use compared with Hispanic adolescents with Anglo therapists. Ethnic match status was not related to treatment outcome for Anglo clients. Thus, the matching hypothesis was supported for Hispanic clients only. The results underscore the importance of greater ethnic diversity among therapists and better cultural competency training for Anglo therapists. More research is needed on individual differences in the effects of ethnic matching.
本研究调查了86名高度同化的西班牙裔和盎格鲁裔滥用药物青少年在功能家庭治疗中的治疗效果，检验了治疗师与来访者种族匹配与来访者更好的治疗效果相关这一假设。青少年在治疗前后通过时间线回溯访谈报告了他们的药物使用情况。与接受盎格鲁治疗师治疗的西班牙裔青少年相比，种族匹配的西班牙裔青少年药物使用量减少得更多。种族匹配状况与盎格鲁来访者的治疗效果无关。因此，匹配假设仅在西班牙裔来访者中得到支持。研究结果强调了治疗师中种族多样性更高以及为盎格鲁治疗师提供更好的文化能力培训的重要性。需要对种族匹配效果的个体差异进行更多研究。
