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Parental acculturation level moderates outcome in peer-involved and parent-involved CBT for anxiety disorders in Latino youth.
Author(s) -
Daniella Vaclavik,
Victor Buitron,
Yasmin Rey,
Carla E. Marin,
Wendy K. Silverman,
Jeremy W. Pettit
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of latina/o psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2168-1678
pISSN - 2163-0070
DOI - 10.1037/lat0000095
Subject(s) - anxiety , acculturation , moderation , psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive behavioral therapy , randomized controlled trial , psychiatry , medicine , immigration , social psychology , archaeology , history , surgery
Cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) are efficacious treatments for anxiety disorders in Latino youth. However, there is a gap in knowledge about moderators of CBT outcomes in Latino youth. This study addresses this gap by examining parental acculturation as a moderator of youth anxiety outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of parent-involved CBT (CBT/P) and peer-involved group CBT (GCBT) in 139 Latino youth (ages 6 to 16 years; mean age = 9.68 years). Comparable youth anxiety reduction effects were found for CBT/P and GCBT. Parental acculturation to majority US culture, but not identification with country of origin, significantly moderated youth anxiety outcomes: at low levels of parental acculturation to majority US culture, youth posttreatment anxiety scores were lower in GCBT than CBT/P; at high levels of parental acculturation to majority US culture, youth posttreatment anxiety scores were lower in CBT/P than GCBT. These findings provide further evidence for the efficacy of CBTs for anxiety disorders in Latino youth and also provide guidance for moving toward personalization of CBTs' selection depending on parental acculturation levels.

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