Evidence-Based Psychological Practice With Ethnic Minorities
Mental health practitioners are most effective when their services respond to the client's lifestyle, cultural and linguistic heritage, and life circumstances. Thus, an essential component of evidence-based psychological practice (EBPP) is attending to the ethnocultural background of the client.
A significant challenge in using EBPP to guide treatment interventions with ethnic minority clients is that relatively little applicable research has been conducted, especially research that satisfies rigorous methodological criteria.
In this book, experts in the field of ethnic minority mental health treatment discuss why research on culturally informed EBPP has not made more progress and suggest tangible strategies for conducting more meaningful and impactful studies in this area.
The chapters address measurement issues, such as test translation and adaptation, as well as research design issues, such as meta-analytic strategies and mixed-method approaches.
Inspiring examples show how EBPP can be tailored to meet the specific needs of ethnic minorities. This volume represents an important step toward reducing disparities and promoting effective mental health treatment for underserved populations.
Contributors
Series Foreword
Frederick T. L. Leong
Introduction
Nolan Zane, Guillermo Bernal, and Frederick T. L. Leong
I. Overview
- Components of Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology
Ronald F. Levant and Heather A. Sperry - Psychotherapy Outcome Research With Ethnic Minorities: What Is the Agenda?
Anna S. Lau, Doris F. Chang, Sumie Okazaki, and Guillermo Bernal
II. Measurement and Statistical Issues
- Threats to Cultural Validity in Clinical Diagnosis and Assessment: Illustrated With the Case of Asian Americans
Frederick T. L. Leong and Zornitsa Kalibatseva - Statistical and Methodological Issues in Planning Randomized Clinical Trials With Ethnic Minorities
Carmen L. Rivera-Medina and José N. Caraballo - Statistical Methods for Validating Test Adaptations Used in Cross-Cultural Research
Joseph A. Rios and Ronald K. Hambleton - Testing Instrument Equivalence Across Cultural Groups: Basic Concepts, Testing Strategies, and Common Complexities
Barbara M. Byrne
III. Methodological Challenges
- Mixed-Methods Research: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to the Psychological Study of Culture
Marina Doucerain, Sylvanna Vargas, and Andrew G. Ryder - Cultural Adaptations in Psychotherapy for Ethnic Minorities: Strategies for Research on Culturally Informed Evidence-Based Psychological Practices
Nolan Zane, Jin E. Kim, Guillermo Bernal, and Catrina Gotuaco - Community-Based Participatory Research for Cocreating Interventions With Native Communities: A Partnership Between the University of New Mexico and the Pueblo of Jemez
Lorenda Belone, Janice Tosa, Kevin Shendo, Anita Toya, Kee Straits, Greg Tafoya, Rebecca Rae, Emma Noyes, Doreen Bird, and Nina Wallerstein
IV. Treatment and Interventions
- A Culturally Informed Approach to American Indian/Alaska Native Youth Suicide Prevention
Teresa D. LaFromboise and Saima S. Malik - Depression Prevention and Treatment Interventions: Evolution of the San Francisco Latino Mental Health Research Program
Adrián Aguilera, Jeanne Miranda, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Kurt C. Organista, Gerardo M. González, John McQuaid, Laura P. Kohn-Wood, Huynh-Nhu Le, Chandra Ghosh-Ippen, Guido G. Urizar, José Soto, Tamar Mendelson, Alinne Z. Barrera, Leandro D. Torres, Yan Leykin, Stephen Schueller, Nancy Liu, and Ricardo F. Muñoz - Improving the Participation of Families of Color in Evidence-Based Interventions: Challenges and Lessons Learned
Norweeta G. Milburn and Marguerita Lightfoot - Culturally Adapting Evidence-Based Practices for Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Families
Wei-Chin Hwang
Afterword: Some Culturally Informed Conclusions
Nolan Zane, Guillermo Bernal, and Frederick T. L. Leong
Index
About the Editors
Nolan Zane, PhD, is a professor of psychology and Asian American studies at the University of California–Davis and directs the Asian American Center on Disparities Research.
His research focuses on face concern and related issues in client and care provider interactions, culturally informed sociobehavioral interventions, and determinants of addictive behaviors among Asian Americans.
He is a fellow of APA and received the Distinguished Career Contribution to Research Award from APA Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race), the Samuel Turner Mentor Award, and the President's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Mental Health Disparities Science from APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology). He also was appointed to the APA's Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Psychological Practice.
Guillermo Bernal, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Puerto Rico and director of the Institute for Psychological Research.
His work has focused on research, training, and the development of mental health services for ethnocultural groups. He is an early contributor to the dialogue on cultural adaptations of evidence-based treatments. Since 1992, he and his colleagues have generated evidence on the efficacy of culturally adapted evidence-based treatments, carried out translations and development of instruments, and published on factors associated with vulnerability of depression.
Dr. Bernal received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1978.
He is a fellow of APA Divisions 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race), 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), and 27 (Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology) and a member of 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy) and 43 (Society for Couple and Family Psychology).
He is vice president of the Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations and editor of the Puerto Rican Journal of Psychology. He has received numerous awards for his research, the most recent of which is the Stanley Sue Award for distinguished contributions to diversity from APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) (2015).
Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD, is a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Michigan State University and serves as the director of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research.
He has authored or coauthored more than 240 journal articles and book chapters, and edited or coedited 14 books.
Dr. Leong is a fellow of APA and the Association for Psychological Science. He is the founding editor of the Asian American Journal of Psychology and associate editor of American Psychologist.
His major clinical research interest centers on culture and mental health and cross-cultural psychotherapy, and his industrial–organizational research is focused on cultural and personality factors related to career choice, work adjustment, and occupational stress.
Nolan Zane, Guillermo Bernal, and Frederick T.L. Leon have assembled a pioneering edited book equally useful for professionals and students interested in conducting sound and rigorous studies to help ensure and support best practices for ethnic minority clients.
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