Examining the Impact of Race Matching and Cultural Worldview Matching On Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Schizophrenia
Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to expand on the current literature on the use of racial and cultural matching to determine if allocentric-idiocentric match predict treatment improvement above and beyond racial matching.Participants consisted of 60 clients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia attending a partial hospitalization program.Of the 100 participants that enrolled in the program only 60 were retained in the program until the 90 day follow up assessment.The participants were administered the INDCOL at intake.Additionally, at intake they completed a demographic survey, and the K10, while their primary therapist rated them on the FARS depression, interpersonal and thought process scales and on the mGAF.Participants and therapists were coded as being matched or mismatched on culture, based on INDCOL scores, and on race, based on self-reported race on the demographic survey.Hierarchical multiple regressions were completed to determine if cultural matching better predicted changes in outcome scores beyond the influence of racial matching.The results indicated that cultural matching was unrelated to treatment outcomes, but that racial matching was related to increased depression and interpersonal challenges at follow-up.The study was limited due to a small effect size of changes in outcomes from intake to follow-up.The implications for the use of racial and cultural matching as a means of improving treatment outcomes were discussed.dissertation.First, I would like to express my eternal love and gratitude to my wife, Krista, whose patience and support were instrumental in the completion of this dissertation and my graduate studies as a whole.She has provided a foundation of support and stability that I would have been lost without when faced with setbacks and challenges in this difficulty process.I would also like to thank my daughter, Juliet, for providing the joy and levity needed to maintain persistence and focus needed to complete this dissertation.I would also like to express gratitude to my parents and family as a whole, who have provided the motivation, guidance, values for education and hard work, and support, that I would not have been able to reach this point without.I am eternally grateful for the love and support I have received that has allowed me to persist in this journey.
Author: Beyer, Steven Phillip
Institution: University of Akron
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6991011851