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Conceptualizing Alcohol Treatment Research for Hispanic/Latino Adolescents
Author(s) -
Wagner Eric F.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1097/01.alc.0000080201.46747.d5
Subject(s) - psychology , alcohol , clinical psychology , biochemistry , chemistry
This paper briefly reviews the Community‐Based Intervention Research Group's ongoing efforts in conceptualizing alcohol treatment research for Hispanic/Latino adolescents. I begin by defining Empirically Supported Therapies (ESTs), Developmentally Sensitive Therapies (DSTs), and Culturally Sensitive Therapies (DSTs). I then argue that these three perspectives need to be integrated for the field to advance. Next, I discuss the complexities inherent in the integration of EST, DST, and CST, and suggest a ‘flexible core approach’ may be the most feasible and promising approach to integration. Finally, I introduce the concept of ‘amenability to treatment’ and describe how it may be applied to understanding how race/ethnicity‐related variables may influence response to treatment.