Jean Lau Chin (1944-2020).

Memorializes Jean Lau Chin (1944-2020). Jean was an academic leader. At the time of her death, Jean was Professor of Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, where she served as Dean for 4 years. Prior to Adelphi, Jean was Dean of the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, where she administered more than 15 doctoral and master's programs in clinical psychology, marriage and family therapy, and clinical counseling across six campuses in California, Mexico City, Japan, and Hong Kong. She served as President of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology. Jean was also a leader in health and mental health service delivery. She had been the Regional Director, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership; the Executive Director, South Cove Community Health Center in Boston; and Co-Director, the Thom Child Guidance Clinic, Boston. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Therapist Strategies for Managing Midtreatment Problems in Evidence-based Interventions in Community Settings.

The National Institute of Health has made it a priority to identify, develop, and refine strategies to disseminate and implement effective interventions (National Institute of Health, 2015). This study examined qualitative reports of the strategies therapists used to manage common implementation problems they encountered during midtreatment in Multisystemic Therapy® (MST) and Functional Family Therapy (FFT), two widely disseminated evidence- and family-based treatments for substance abusing and delinquent adolescents. Experienced therapists from dissemination sites across the U.S. described cases in which they encountered midtreatment problems they perceived as serious threats to treatment success. They indicated why each case terminated and rated the outcome of the case. Qualitative analyses examined 16 treatment failures and then 16 treatment successes to identify contextual obstacles that accompanied the problems therapists identified, along with strategies they reported using with families that ultimately succeeded or failed. Therapists reported that midtreatment problems were often embedded in additional related difficulties and that they employed multiple relationship techniques and process-focused strategies to try to resolve these problems. For the most part, therapists described obstacles and strategies for successful and unsuccessful families in similar ways. Patterns of themes and subthemes suggested, however, that therapists in successful cases may be more likely to report "on-script" strategies and therapists in unsuccessful cases may describe more "off-script" strategies as well as more generic relationship building and advice-giving strategies.

Los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) han priorizado la detección, el desarrollo y la perfección de estrategias para difundir e implementar intervenciones eficaces (National Institute of Health, 2015). Este estudio analizó los informes cualitativos de las estrategias que usaron los terapeutas para manejar los problemas comunes de implementación que encontraron durante la mitad del tratamiento en la terapia multisistémica (Multisystemic Therapy® , MST) y en la terapia familiar funcional (Functional Family Therapy, FFT), dos tratamientos factuales y basados en la familia ampliamente difundidos para adolescentes con problemas de delincuencia y de abuso de sustancias. Un grupo de terapeutas experimentados de centros de difusión de todo Estados Unidos describió casos en los cuales encontraron problemas en la mitad del tratamiento que ellos percibieron como amenazas graves para el éxito del tratamiento. Estos terapeutas indicaron por qué cada caso terminó y calificaron el resultado del caso. Los análisis cualitativos analizaron 16 fallas del tratamiento y luego 16 aciertos del tratamiento para detectar obstáculos contextuales que acompañaban a los problemas mencionados por los terapeutas, junto con estrategias que informaron haber usado con familias y que finalmente fueron satisfactorias o fallaron. Los terapeutas informaron que los problemas en la mitad del tratamiento generalmente formaban parte de otras dificultades relacionadas y que ellos emplearon varias técnicas relacionales y estrategias centradas en los procesos para intentar resolver estos problemas. En su mayoría, los terapeutas describieron los obstáculos y las estrategias utilizadas con las familias favorables y con las desfavorables de maneras similares. Sin embargo, los patrones de temas y subtemas indicaron que los terapeutas de los casos favorables pueden ser más propensos a informar estrategias "dentro del libreto" y que los terapeutas de los casos desfavorables pueden describir más estrategias "fuera del libreto", así como estrategias más genéricas de construcción de relaciones y de asesoramiento.

Midtreatment Problems Implementing Evidence-based Interventions in Community Settings.

Multisystemic Therapy® (MST) and Functional Family Therapy (FFT) are two widely disseminated evidence-based family-based treatments for substance abusing and delinquent adolescents. This mixed-method study examined common implementation problems in midtreatment in MST and FFT. A convenience sample of experienced therapists (20 MST, 20 FFT) and supervisors (10 MST, 10 FFT) from dissemination sites across the United States participated in semistructured telephone interviews. Participants identified retrospectively serious midtreatment process problems they perceived as threats to treatment success. Coders extracted descriptions of problems from interview transcripts and coded them into 12 categories that fell into five major themes: engaging families in treatment; difficulties implementing strategies; family relational and communication problems; complications external to therapy; and youth problem behavior. Analyses examined caregiver, therapist, and youth variables as predictors of these common midtreatment problems and whether treatment outcomes varied depending on the type of problem, therapy model, and race/ethnic match of therapist and family. MST and FFT therapists and supervisors identified many similar problems. There were, however, model-specific differences consistent with differing features of the models (e.g., FFT participants identified more family relational problems and fewer follow-through problems than their MST counterparts). Results underscore the need to consider both common and specific factors in treatment process.

La terapia multisistémica (Multisystemic Therapy®, MST) y la terapia familiar funcional (Functional Family Therapy, FFT) son dos tratamientos factuales familiares ampliamente difundidos para adolescentes con problemas de abuso de sustancias y delincuencia. Este estudio de métodos combinados analizó los problemas de implementación comunes a mediados del tratamiento en la MST y la FFT. Una muestra de conveniencia de terapeutas experimentados (20 MST, 20 FFT) y supervisores (10 MST, 10 FFT) de centros de difusión de todo EE. UU. participaron en entrevistas telefónicas semiestructuradas. Los participantes reconocieron retrospectivamente graves problemas en el proceso a mediados del tratamiento que percibieron como amenazas para el éxito del tratamiento. Los codificadores extrajeron las descripciones de problemas de las transcripciones de las entrevistas y los codificaron en 12 categorías que comprendían cinco temas principales: interés de las familias por el tratamiento; dificultades para implementar estrategias; problemas de comunicación y relacionales con la familia; complicaciones ajenas a la terapia; y comportamiento problemático de los jóvenes. Los análisis examinaron las variables de cuidador, terapeuta y joven como predictores de estos problemas comunes a mediados del tratamiento y si los resultados del tratamiento variaron según el tipo de problema, el modelo de terapia y la coincidencia étnica/racial entre el terapeuta y la familia. Los terapeutas y los supervisores de la MST y la FFT detectaron varios problemas similares. Sin embargo, hubo diferencias específicas de los modelos que coincidieron con las distintas características de los modelos (p. ej.: los participantes de la FFT reconocieron más problemas de relaciones familiares y menos problemas para terminar el tratamiento que sus homólogos de la MST). Los resultados subrayan las necesidad de tener en cuenta tanto los factores comunes como específicos del proceso de tratamiento.

Ethnic socialization, perceived discrimination, and psychological adjustment among transracially adopted and nonadopted ethnic minority adults.

Little is known on how transracial adoptees (TRA) navigate issues of race and ethnicity. Using Shared Fate Theory as a framework, this study was interested in the moderating role of adoption status among a group of ethnic minority adults in explaining the relationship between ethnic socialization, perceived discrimination, and mental health outcomes. Nonadopted (NA; n = 83) and TRA (n = 87) ethnic minorities responded to measures on ethnic socialization, perceived discrimination, and psychological outcomes administered online. TRA and NA ethnic minorities reported similar levels of ethnic socialization, perceived discrimination, and psychological outcomes (depression and self-esteem). Perceived discrimination was significantly associated with depression for both TRA and NA ethnic minorities. Ordinal Least Squares (OLS) regressions that were run for a moderated moderational analysis suggest that the protective role of ethnic socialization depended on adoption status. Among the different forms of ethnic socialization, cultural socialization and preparation for bias significantly buffered against the effects of perceived discrimination, but the effects were more pronounced for TRA than for NA ethnic minorities. Because NA and TRA ethnic minorities were similarly affected by discrimination, it suggests that being a TRA does not confer any additional risk when experiencing discrimination. Additionally, the study found that ethnic socialization may continue to serve a protective role against the effects of discrimination into adulthood for TRA, but less so for NA ethnic minorities. These results have policy implications regarding the role of parental ethnicity in adoption decisions as well as the importance of educating adopted parents about ethnic socialization for ethnic minority children. (PsycINFO Database Record

An introduction to the 2011 National Multicultural Conference & Summit keynote addresses.

This article provides and introduction to the 2011 National Multicultural Conference & Summit Keynote Addresses. The authors explain that they chose to focus on the tension and possibilities within multicultural psychology at the seventh biennial National Multicultural Conference & Summit (NMCS), which was held on January 27-28, 2011, at The Westin-Seattle Hotel. During the 2-day conference, nearly 900 attendees engaged with one another and heard from experts in the field as we focused on the theme, "Unification through Diversity: Bridging Psychological Science & Practice in the Public Interest. Two key sets of presentations are highlighted.