Contributions of therapist characteristics and stability to intensive in-home therapy youth outcomes

Johanna K.P. Greeson; Shenyang Guo; Richard P. Barth; Sarah Hurley; Jocelyn Sisson

doi:10.1177/1049731508329422

Contributions of therapist characteristics and stability to intensive in-home therapy youth outcomes

Johanna K.P. Greeson
, Shenyang Guo
, Richard P. Barth
, Sarah Hurley
, Jocelyn Sisson

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Objective: This study examines the influence of therapist and youth characteristics on post-discharge outcomes from intensive in-home therapy. Method: Data for 1,416 youth and 412 therapists were obtained from a behavioral health services provider. The Huberĝ€"White method was used to account for nested data; ordered logistic regression was employed to assess outcomes. Results: Therapist gender and employment stability were significantly associated with youth outcomes. The likelihood of an undesirable outcome was significantly less for cases with female therapists. Conclusion: Findings underscore the need for additional study concerning the impact of therapist characteristics and stability on youth outcomes, and to improve the understanding of the relationship between the two. Future studies in these areas would advance social work practice in family-based treatment programs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	239-250
Number of pages	12
Journal	Research on Social Work Practice
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731508329422
State	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Family therapy
In-home therapy
Multisystemic therapy
Outcomes
Therapist characteristics
Youth characteristics

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