Parent involvement enhances CBTs for anxiety disorders in Hispanic/Latino youth: Acculturation as a moderator.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although cognitive behavioral treatments (CBTs) are well-established evidence-based interventions for anxiety disorders in youth, there is long-standing underrepresentation of Hispanic/Latino (H/L) families in youth anxiety clinical trials research. The impact of such underrepresentation is that clinicians who work with H/L youth have minimal evidence-based guidance on best practices. The present study moves toward informing best practices for working with H/L youth with anxiety disorders by examining H/L parents' acculturation and enculturation as moderators of youth anxiety outcomes following CBTs.

Method

Two hundred eleven H/L youths ages 6-16 (M = 9.41 years, SD = 2.39 years; 43.8% female) and their parents were assigned to individual-youth CBT or one of two pa

SUBMITTER: Patriarca GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9727821 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature