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Ecological validity and cultural sensitivity for outcome research

Issues for the cultural adaptation and development of psychosocial treatments with Hispanics

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ID23387062
AuthorsGuillermo Bernal (0000-0001-8855-1314), 剛 舟木 (corresponding author), Janet Bonilla, Carmen Bellido
Year1995
Volume23
Issue1
Pages67-82
Publication date1995-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Abnormal Child Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0627 • E-ISSN: 1573-2835
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/bf01447045
OpenAlexW7759675
LanguageEN
Citations received168
References cited24

This article has two objectives. The first is to provide a culturally sensitive perspective to treatment outcome research as a resource to augment the ecological validity of treatment research. The relationships between external validity, ecological validity, and culturally sensitive research are reviewed. The second objective is to present a preliminary framework for culturally sensitive interventions that strengthen ecological validity for treatment outcome research. The framework, consisting of eight dimensions of treatment interventions (language, persons, metaphors, content, concepts, goals, methods, and context) can serve as a guide for developing culturally sensitive treatments and adapting existing psychosocial treatments to specific ethnic minority groups. Examples of culturally sensitive elements for each dimension of the intervention are offered. Although the focus of the article is on Hispanic populations, the framework may be valuable to other ethnic and minority groups.

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