Predictors of treatment attendance among adolescent substance abusing runaways: a comparison of family and individual therapy modalities |
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| Authors: | Natasha Slesnick Gizem Erdem Jennifer Collins Denitza Bantchevska Heather Katafiasz |
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| Institution: | 1. Professor Natasha Slesnick, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Couple and Family Therapy Program, The Ohio State University, 135 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. E‐mail: slesnick.5@osu.edu;2. Graduate students, MSc, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Couple and Family Therapy Program, The Ohio State University, 135 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. |
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| Abstract: | This study explored and compared predictors of session attendance among substance abusing runaway adolescents and their parents using three manual‐driven interventions: ecologically‐based family therapy (EBFT), motivational enhancement therapy (MET), and the community reinforcement approach (CRA). Individual and family‐level variables, as well as time between intake and first session were used as predictors of session attendance. Adolescents (N=179) between the ages of 12–17 years old were recruited from the only runaway shelter in Columbus, Ohio. The findings showed that adolescents assigned to EBFT were more likely to attend at least one therapy session than those assigned to either CRA or MET. Fewer days between intake and the first therapy session were associated with higher family therapy attendance. Overall, individual and family factors predicted therapy attendance but these factors differed depending upon the treatment modality. |
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| Keywords: | substance misuse adolescents family and individual treatment |
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