TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term youth criminal outcomes in MST transport
T2 - The impact of therapist adherence and organizational climate and structure
AU - Schoenwald, Sonja K.
AU - Chapman, Jason E.
AU - Sheidow, Ashli J.
AU - Carter, Rickey E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Juan Gabriel Martínez, Juha Merilä, Anders Pape Møller, Juan Moreno, Ken Norris and Juan José Soler for valuable comments on this manuscript, Antonio Navarro for permission to work in the Corvales Reserve, Juan Ignacio Martín-Vivaldi for technical help in the elaboration of the playback tapes, Juan Gabriel Martínez and Juan José Soler for advice during fieldwork and data analyses, and David Nesbitt and Juan Gabriel Martínez for improving the English greatly. Funds were provided by the DGICYT PB91-0084-CO3-02 research project, and by the Andalusian Consejería de Educación y Ciencia (Becas de Formación del Personal Docente e Investigador to M.M.-V).
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - This study investigated relations among therapist adherence to an evidence-based treatment for youth with serious antisocial behavior (i.e., Multisystemic Therapy), organizational climate and structure, and youth criminal charges on average 4 years posttreatment. Participants were 1,979 youth and families treated by 429 therapists across 45 provider organizations. Results showed therapist adherence predicted significantly lower rates of youth criminal charges independently and in the presence of organizational variables. Therapist perceptions of job satisfaction and opportunities for growth and advancement relative to the organizational average predicted youth criminal charges, as did organizational average levels of participation in decision making. These associations washed out in the presence of adherence, despite the fact that job satisfaction and growth and advancement were associated with adherence.
AB - This study investigated relations among therapist adherence to an evidence-based treatment for youth with serious antisocial behavior (i.e., Multisystemic Therapy), organizational climate and structure, and youth criminal charges on average 4 years posttreatment. Participants were 1,979 youth and families treated by 429 therapists across 45 provider organizations. Results showed therapist adherence predicted significantly lower rates of youth criminal charges independently and in the presence of organizational variables. Therapist perceptions of job satisfaction and opportunities for growth and advancement relative to the organizational average predicted youth criminal charges, as did organizational average levels of participation in decision making. These associations washed out in the presence of adherence, despite the fact that job satisfaction and growth and advancement were associated with adherence.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374410802575388
DO - 10.1080/15374410802575388
M3 - Article
C2 - 19130360
AN - SCOPUS:61549103757
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 38
SP - 91
EP - 105
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 1
ER -