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  • Child and Adolescent Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychotherapy Research

Background:

  • Effectiveness research interpretation benefits from understanding prescribed (adherence) and non-prescribed (differentiation) techniques.
  • Limited existing measures assess both adherence and differentiation in psychotherapy.
  • Family therapy is a key intervention for youth externalizing problems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy Revised Strategies Scale (TPOCS-RS) for assessing adherence to and differentiation from family therapy.
  • To examine the psychometric properties of the TPOCS-RS Family Therapy subscale in a clinical sample.

Main Methods:

  • Coded 103 treatment sessions from 42 adolescents with externalizing problems receiving family therapy.
  • Utilized the TPOCS-RS Family Therapy subscale to assess adherence and differentiation.
  • Analyzed interrater reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and discriminative validity.

Main Results:

  • The TPOCS-RS Family Therapy subscale demonstrated strong interrater reliability (ICC = 0.90).
  • Scores showed evidence of convergent and discriminant validity through associations with treatment integrity and alliance.
  • The scale identified expected group differences, supporting its discriminative validity.

Conclusions:

  • The TPOCS-RS Family Therapy subscale provides preliminary evidence of its utility in measuring adherence and differentiation in family therapy.
  • This measure can enhance the interpretation of effectiveness research for youth externalizing problems.
  • Further research is warranted to confirm these findings in diverse populations.