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Multi-informant Expectancies and Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety in Youth.

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Norris, LA; Rifkin, LS; Olino, TM; Piacentini, J; Albano, AM; Birmaher, B; Ginsburg, G; Walkup, J; Compton, SN; Gosch, E; Kendall, PC
Published in: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
December 2019

Expectancies for a favorable treatment outcome have been associated with actual favorable outcomes but have been understudied in youth with anxiety. The current study applied structural equation modeling in a sample of anxious youth (N = 488; 7-17 years, M = 10.69, SD = 2.80) to examine whether a multi-informant latent expectancies factor, indicated by youth, parent, and therapist reports, predicted a latent posttreatment anxiety factor, controlling for a latent pretreatment anxiety factor. Both anxiety latent factors were indicated by youth, parent, and independent evaluator (IE) reports. Analyses also examined whether treatment condition (cognitive behavioral therapy, sertraline, combination, pill placebo) moderated the association between expectancies and outcome, and whether this association differed across development. Findings indicated that informant reports loaded similarly onto the latent factors. Results also demonstrated that treatment expectancies were positively associated with outcomes, and that this relationship held across treatment type and age group. Treatment implications and future research directions are discussed.

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Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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EISSN

1573-3327

Publication Date

December 2019

Volume

50

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1002 / 1010

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sertraline
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Child
 

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Norris, L. A., Rifkin, L. S., Olino, T. M., Piacentini, J., Albano, A. M., Birmaher, B., … Kendall, P. C. (2019). Multi-informant Expectancies and Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety in Youth. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, 50(6), 1002–1010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-019-00900-w
Norris, Lesley A., Lara S. Rifkin, Thomas M. Olino, John Piacentini, Anne Marie Albano, Boris Birmaher, Golda Ginsburg, et al. “Multi-informant Expectancies and Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety in Youth.Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 50, no. 6 (December 2019): 1002–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-019-00900-w.
Norris LA, Rifkin LS, Olino TM, Piacentini J, Albano AM, Birmaher B, et al. Multi-informant Expectancies and Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety in Youth. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2019 Dec;50(6):1002–10.
Norris, Lesley A., et al. “Multi-informant Expectancies and Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety in Youth.Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 50, no. 6, Dec. 2019, pp. 1002–10. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10578-019-00900-w.
Norris LA, Rifkin LS, Olino TM, Piacentini J, Albano AM, Birmaher B, Ginsburg G, Walkup J, Compton SN, Gosch E, Kendall PC. Multi-informant Expectancies and Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety in Youth. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2019 Dec;50(6):1002–1010.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

DOI

EISSN

1573-3327

Publication Date

December 2019

Volume

50

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1002 / 1010

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sertraline
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Child