Patterns of Caregiver Factors Predicting Participation in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Betty S. Lai; Ashwini Tiwari; Shannon Self-Brown; Peter Cronholm; Kelly Kinnish

doi:10.1007/s40653-017-0177-5

Patterns of Caregiver Factors Predicting Participation in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Betty S. Lai, Ashwini Tiwari, Shannon Self-Brown, Peter Cronholm, Kelly Kinnish

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Abstract

This study examined patterns of caregiver factors associated with Trauma- Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) utilization among trauma-exposed youth. This study included 41 caregivers (caregiver age M = 36.1, SD = 9.88; 93% African American) of youth referred for TF-CBT, following a substantiated forensic assessment of youth trauma exposure. Prior to enrolling in TF-CBT, caregivers reported on measures for parenting stress, attitudes towards treatment, functional impairment, caregiver mental health diagnosis, and caregiver trauma experiences. Classification and regression tree methodology were used to address study aims. Predictors of enrollment and completion included: attitudes towards treatment, caregiver trauma experiences, and parenting stress. Several caregiver factors predicting youth service utilization were identified. Findings suggest screening for caregivers’ attitudes towards therapy, parenting stress, and trauma history is warranted to guide providers in offering caregiver-youth dyads appropriate resources at intake that can lead to increased engagement in treatment services.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	97-106
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-017-0177-5
State	Published - Mar 15 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Barriers
Children
Engagement
Enrollment
Family

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Emergency Medicine
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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