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Examining the Impact of Race Matching and Cultural Worldview Matching On Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Schizophrenia

Beyer, Steven Phillip

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Psychology-Counseling.
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.
John Queener (Advisor)
Suzette Speight (Committee Member)
Ingrid Weigold (Committee Member)
Robert Schwartz (Committee Member)
Amber Hewitt (Committee Member)
125 p.

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  • Beyer, S. P. (2017). Examining the Impact of Race Matching and Cultural Worldview Matching On Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Schizophrenia [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1513168908905989

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Beyer, Steven. Examining the Impact of Race Matching and Cultural Worldview Matching On Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Schizophrenia . 2017. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1513168908905989.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Beyer, Steven. "Examining the Impact of Race Matching and Cultural Worldview Matching On Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Schizophrenia ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1513168908905989

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